PLEASE HELP :( Computer slow after Format and Clean Install

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  1. xian2006

    xian2006 Member

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    okay, first off, today i got a lovely visit from mr. blue screen 'o death.

    formatted, reinstalled windows xp and it's service pack 2, and now the computer is slow and sluggish. heck, even scrolling through a web page is choppy and sluggish. what can i do to fix this?? my computer was lightning fast as early as this morning.

    oh, and i also do not have the original disks that came with my computer to install audio drivers. i dont even know what kind of card it is, or if its built onto the motherboard or not. how do i find out what driver to download and install??
     
    xian2006, Sep 23, 2008
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    moved to correct forum. what is the make & model# of the computer or motherboard?
     
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    Yeah, Sounds like you havent installed the correct drivers. :)
    Find the make and model of your computer, go to that particular manafacturers website. Go to support tab, go to drivers and download everything for your particular comp.
    Lecsiy
     
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    Long time no see Lecsiy... :)

    The poor performance is graphics driver related. For audio drivers, you need to visit your motherboard manufacturer's website.
     
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    will installing the motherboard driver make the problem of windows lagging and web pages being sluggish go away??

    i looked on my motherboard and all i saw was the letters: ASUS M2V
     
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    No, but installing the graphics driver will.
     
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    thanks to everyone for their help thus far. it's truly appreciated.

    how do i tell what graphics driver to download??
     
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    will this fix my graphics problem??
     
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    load the chipset driver & see if it does as sounds like the hard drive is in pio mode not dma mode as is supposed to.
     
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    ok so i just installed the driver and rebooted. problem remains. the sound was fixed yesterday by the way, now all i need is for the darn graphics to quit lagging.

    what do i do now??
     
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    Install the graphics driver, as we said.
    Find out what graphics card you have, and then install the appropriate driver for it.
     
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    right. im really sorry im so dumb at this but i dont know what graphics card i have. i dont have the box or anything for it anymore. should it say it right on the card??
     
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    It should be written on a small sticker on the card.
     
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    what does it show in device manager under graphics adapter?
     
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    It won't show anything without a driver installed will it?
     
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    a driver is installed when windows is loaded 1st time or you'll not see anything at all. even win98 loads a generic driver if it doen't know what the card actually needs.
     
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    it s just got a yellow ! next to it under "other devices". ill just have to check out the card itself...
     
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    ok so the sticker says e-GeForce 7300 Gt 256mb DDR

    cant seem to find a driver ANYWHERE. can someone locate this cause i cant
     
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