AMD XP2200+ problem?

Hi!

I have a question about my CPU, when I use power DVD to view movies from my harddrive or DVD-rom the CPU usage is always over 90% through the entire movie and when I print from, for example Word the CPU usage is 100%. Is this normal? My computer has been acting weird and freezing up on me lately.
I have recently installed a 200Gb Seagate disk on a Promise PCI controller card. Can the reason for my computer freezing upp be the power unit only is 300W. I have three hard drives, a dvd bruner, a dvd rom and a graphic card installed in the computer. I have updated all drivers and flashed to the latest bios. Can a larger power unit help?

My computer configuration:
MSI KT4 Ultra
CPU XP2200+
768Mb
Chaintech TI4400 128Mb
40Gb excelstor
80Gb Western digital
200Gb Seagate 7200.7
Promise 100TX2 controller card
Samsung DVD
Nec 1300A DVD +/- RW

 

what one has windows on
40Gb excelstor or 80Gb Western digital or 200Gb Seagate 7200.7? or it can be it need a 400w Power Supplie.

 

Hi!

I have a c: partion = 15Gb which windows XP SP1 is installed on the 40Gb disk. The rest of the disk I have my programs D:

 

There could be a number of reasons for that. Have you ran a check for spyware? What is in your startup routine? How about virus scan; are your files up to date, and you've ran a recent scan? What has changed in the time the computer acted normally to now?

 

Hi!

I'm using AdAware 6 for spyware detection, Norton Systemworks 2003 Prof. edition AntiVirus program and ZoneAlarm Pro with webfiltering as my Firewall.
I have recently run all possible test and fixed the different problems that have accured but still the same thing. I have removed the new 200Gb disk, promise controller card and DVD-rom player. My computer still freezes but not for the same amount of time. When I print documents the computer "chokes" and the mouse cursor moves extremly slowly.
There are many different files in the startup list...
Nerocheck
Microsoft Office
ccApp
NvCpl
Nwiz
zlclient
msmgs
among others...

Before the problems accured the computer never froze up on me, I don't recall if the CPU usage was over 90% when I watched movies or not but when I printed documents earlier the usage was 100% but no freezing up. Other weird things are that it takes alot of time to open programs and if I want to switch between both applications the window of the firts application is still open infront of the one that I want.

 

Sounds like you are on top of things. So far, all those appear to be normal startup programs. The only thing is the "among others." I usually do a google search for anything else in the startup. If Google can't find it, I get rid of it.

But also, with all those devices in the computer, I would look at upgrading the power supply. And don't cheap out, as you already know. I've seen cheap power supply's kill motherboards when they go.

 

Hi!
I've just ordered an new Levicom ATX 450W PSU... I'll post again after I've installed it next week.

Thanks for all the tips and help so far =)