ok folks i'm having such a hard time figuring this out ...I bought a new pentium dual core ( not core 2 dual) model e2140 and installed it to my motherboard which is a gigabyte Ga-945gm-s2 i have 4 gigs of ram duel channel..and for some reason not that i have installed the dual core chip the computer freezes for like 8 minutes on the very first screen when you power it up.. and all i read is a few lines that say like intel... ga 945gm-s2 something like that... after 8 minutes or so the system boots and all is ok .. i mean windows runs awsome usuing win xp .. and no problem otherwise.. i can live with it but every day i turn my computer off and waiting 8-10 min is driving me nuts ..i tried updating the bios for my motherboard.. and vga cards ect but no luck can someone please help... warmest regards and thanks to all the amazing people out there...help me solve this i will give you 4 stars and write a nice letter ... again thanks for your help ...
2007-08-06 12:06:19 · 5 answers · asked by m k 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Okay, this is going sound completely ridiculous, so bear with me
I want you to TAKE OUT half of your memory. Yes, you'll lose the dual channel. As I said, bear with me. Then restart the system.
If the system now boots twice as fast, i.e. boots up in 4 minutes, or even faster, then it's your memory.
Else, turn OFF the page file (that's right, with 4 GB you likely don't need any virtual memory) and restart the PC, and it should go faster.
There's a TON of things to try, but hard to tell what to try next without seeing it. Try those two things first.
2007-08-06 12:13:42 · answer #1 · answered by Kasey C 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Geek squad is there to sell you stuff. I have yet to see them fix anything at our local Best Buy. It's a rip off from what I can tell. Looks like you got some good answers above to try. I was thinking a memory problem because I get them all the time. Mine, not my computers. LOL.
2007-08-08 05:42:34 · answer #2 · answered by tammy_anderson68 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try going to INTEL's website and see if there is an updated driver or bios for this particular CPU. Sounds like your BIOS needs to be updated to work correctly with this CPU.
2007-08-06 12:13:40 · answer #3 · answered by Kainoa 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
of course they ripped you off. I only connected highway runner & a instantaneous community for a woman in my community . The interest took me ONE hour (alongside with putting the laptop up out of the field.) I cost $forty 5 an hour and make housecalls on the customer's convienience. in the event that they have an issue, I fix it for unfastened simply by fact that i'm the professional and thanks to this they employed me in the 1st place. consult with a supervisor and insist delight.
2016-11-11 09:57:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't know the answer but if geek squad and other people wouldn't be so prejudice against overweight people that have larger developed brains and know a heck of a lot more about computers than skinny starve-brained people then more people could get their computers working a heck of a lot faster ...serious business my guy is overweight and there isn't a dang thing i haven't seen him be able to fix, but he prefers to do hands on work as he goes along he figures out the problem
2007-08-06 12:15:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋