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Re: Computer fast in Safe mode
« Reply #15 on: April 15, 2011, 03:47:49 PM »
You have to expand the items by clicking the + symbol on the left...
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    Re: Computer fast in Safe mode
    « Reply #16 on: April 15, 2011, 03:59:21 PM »
    I still think you have some driver conflicts/issues...
    Any Yellow !!'s in control panel ? ?

    If you are refering to Device Manager, no

    When you say "Asus chipset drivers" , I have updated the Bios to 1006.006 in the past, and that is what I still use, as for the LAN it is Marvel Yukon 88E8053 PCIE G E Controler Driver V. 10.51.1.9

    Please advise should I need to change.

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      Re: Computer fast in Safe mode
      « Reply #17 on: April 15, 2011, 04:11:58 PM »
      You have to expand the items by clicking the + symbol on the left...

      I have expanded the whole list, not a mark anywhere, see attached

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      Re: Computer fast in Safe mode
      « Reply #18 on: April 15, 2011, 04:23:07 PM »
      I see no driver issues.

      Quote from: Brandy on April 13, 2011, 01:31:29 PM
      1.  My problem is that when not in safe mode the monitor keeps shutting off, going to black randomly,
      2.  also the internet is very slow when in regular mode, in safe mode everything works fine.

      1.  Is this fixed now?
      2.  Is this the remaining issue?
      ...
      Please answer these questions.

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        Re: Computer fast in Safe mode
        « Reply #19 on: April 15, 2011, 04:29:16 PM »
        No the issue is not fixed yet, I don't know when the monitor will go black, I have disabled all power functions in the CP, Everything is set to "Always ON"

        My computer is very slow to load webpages and change screens or items within the computer.

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        Re: Computer fast in Safe mode
        « Reply #20 on: April 15, 2011, 04:48:00 PM »
        No the issue is not fixed yet, I don't know when the monitor will go black, I have disabled all power functions in the CP, Everything is set to "Always ON"

        My computer is very slow to load webpages and change screens or items within the computer...
        OK.
        Monitor going black is very strange. It's possible that the graphics card is defective, i.e. bad memory or something else.  That's about the only difference from Normal to Safe Mode.  Let's do some realtime hardware monitoring.
        HWInfo32
        Post a screenshot of both windows:  Sensor Status & Sytem Summary

        The slow loading of web pages is something entirely different and not related to the other issue.

        I've been looking at the motherboard manual, there's an awful lot of settings in the BIOS.  That's a pretty complicated motherboard with a lot of features.
        Motherboard Manual

        Gigabit ethernet controller settings might need adjustment, Advanced tab under driver properties.

        I assume you don't have onboard wireless LAN on this motherboard.  On the LAN port is the LED on the upper right OFF (10), Orange (100) or Green (1000)?  Ref. Manual p.2-23

        BIOS also has LAN Cable Status for the POST.  Ref. manual P.4-23
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          Re: Computer fast in Safe mode
          « Reply #21 on: April 15, 2011, 08:33:20 PM »
          Hope I did this right, I think I may have seen my problem, on the very first line of the sensor report, Voltage 3.3  actual .128.

          I really feel encouraged,

          Thanks

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          I have to go to bed, I am having a hard time to see properly.

          I'll check with you first thing in the AM

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            Re: Computer fast in Safe mode
            « Reply #22 on: April 16, 2011, 01:02:44 PM »
            I forgot to mention I have a WLAN which I don't use and it is disabled in the bios,

            I am using the LAN port on the motherboard, I have enabled LAN check in the bios

            Thanks for your effort, you sure go to a lot of trouble to help, my eyes are tired just reading
            for myself, I don't know how you do it.  You must be a very fast reader.  I have been playing with
            computer for 40 years and still have troubleshooting problems.

            Where can I find the targets for the values posted on the sensor status page?
            I have the program installed on this computer, my wife's, and I don't see the items
            Windbound/Nuvotron W73897SD/G on her computer, Hers starts with CPU Digital Thermal Sensor then
            Winbond/Nuvotron W83627EHF , Must be because of the different M/Bs.

            Hope to hear what you think about the reports I posted. I will include a jpg of my wife's Pc, I use MWsnap to capture images from the desktop, is there an easier way?

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            Re: Computer fast in Safe mode
            « Reply #23 on: April 16, 2011, 02:24:47 PM »
            Don't worry about the sensor data for your machine; the abnormal voltage is not the problem.  I have yet to find a single program that works 100% for every computer.  I am told that Asus motherboards give the least consistent results.  I use 3 different ones:
            1.  HWInfo
            2.  CPUID Hardware Monitor; http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor/versions-history.html
            3.  SpeedFan; http://www.almico.com/sfdownload.php

            You asked:  "Where can I find the targets for the values posted on the sensor status page?
            Do you mean temps?
            CPU is here:  http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Pentium_4/Intel-Pentium%204%20530-530J%203.0%20GHz%20-%20JM80547PG0801M%20-%20HH80547PG0801M%20(BX80547PG3000E).html

            I have exactly the same CPU on one of my computers Pentium 4-530.  I don't see anything abnormal.

            The screen blanking is very odd.
            I can only guess that it's a bad graphics card.  Do you have another one you can try?  Is the ATI still under warranty?

            Did you verify the wired LAN speed?
            On the LAN port is the LED on the upper right OFF (10), Orange (100) or Green (1000)?  Ref. Manual p.2-23

            If you're only using the 1 onboard wired LAN, turn off the 2nd wired one in the BIOS.  Ref. p.4-29

            BTW, you do realize that WinXP won't recognize all your RAM (4GB)?  My Computer---Properties will show how much.

            The slow speed may be a malware issue.

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              « Reply #24 on: April 16, 2011, 05:44:52 PM »
              Don't worry about the sensor data for your machine; the abnormal voltage is not the problem.  I have yet to find a single program that works 100% for every computer.  I am told that Asus motherboards give the least consistent results.  I use 3 different ones:
              1.  HWInfo
              2.  CPUID Hardware Monitor; http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor/versions-history.html
              3.  SpeedFan; http://www.almico.com/sfdownload.php

              You asked:  "Where can I find the targets for the values posted on the sensor status page?
              Do you mean temps? No, the voltage, I have never seen voltage of .128 before.
              CPU is here:  http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Pentium_4/Intel-Pentium%204%20530-530J%203.0%20GHz%20-%20JM80547PG0801M%20-%20HH80547PG0801M%20(BX80547PG3000E).html

              I have exactly the same CPU on one of my computers Pentium 4-530.  I don't see anything abnormal.

              The screen blanking is very odd.
              I can only guess that it's a bad graphics card.  Do you have another one you can try?  Is the ATI still under warranty?
              Yes, that was the first thing I tried,the one from my wife's PC, No warranty
              Did you verify the wired LAN speed?I don't know how to verify the speed, the small diodes are covered by the case  and can barely be seen, I see yellow and orange flashing quickly, I have never seen green, there are two LAN ports, I am using the one on the M/B the other is disabled in bios. The 1394 is disabled,OnBoard 2nb PCIEX GbE Lan disabled, OnBoard WIFI is disabled
              On the LAN port is the LED on the upper right OFF (10), Orange (100) or Green (1000)?  Ref. Manual p.2-23

              If you're only using the 1 onboard wired LAN, turn off the 2nd wired one in the BIOS.  Ref. p.4-29

              BTW, you do realize that WinXP won't recognize all your RAM (4GB)?  My Computer---Properties will show how much.

              The slow speed may be a malware issue.I have tried,AVG 9.0, AVG 2011, Defender, Spybot, Adaware,and can't find any malware

              I suspect, like you the ATI card, I am going to switch cards again, the problem is drivers, I have her installation CD, ATI Sapphire, I'll try that again.
               
              Thanks for the help.
               
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                Re: Computer fast in Safe mode
                « Reply #25 on: April 16, 2011, 05:51:39 PM »
                Sorry about the color, I thought it would be easier for you to see my answers, we used to be able to change text color but all I could find was the glo button.

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                Re: Computer fast in Safe mode
                « Reply #26 on: April 16, 2011, 06:12:25 PM »
                Color/font is okay.

                It should be 3.3V, but most modern motherboards don't use 3.3V anymore; they use mostly +12V, & a small amount of +5V.  All required voltages are generated by the motherboard from the +12V psu.

                Try the other card, no need to uninstall your drivers.

                Gigabit ethernet controller settings might need adjustment, see Advanced tab under driver Properties in Device Manager, i.e. Connection Type (sometimes auto-negotiate doesn't work).  The lights would have told this story.

                Spybot & Adaware are mostly useless.  AVG is an antivirus, not anti-malware.

                Malware issues are handled by the specialists here:  http://www.computerhope.com/forum/index.php/board,7.0.html
                This would addresss the slow speed, but not the screen blanking, unless this is a new malware issue I am unaware of.

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                  Re: Computer fast in Safe mode
                  « Reply #27 on: April 17, 2011, 07:29:38 PM »
                  I have expanded the whole list, not a mark anywhere, see attached

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                    Re: Computer fast in Safe mode
                    « Reply #28 on: April 17, 2011, 08:38:08 PM »
                    Color/font is okay.

                    It should be 3.3V, but most modern motherboards don't use 3.3V anymore; they use mostly +12V, & a small amount of +5V.  All required voltages are generated by the motherboard from the +12V psu.

                    I have quite a few things to report, I exchanged my ATI graphics card for the one in my wife's PC, after a few driver and setting changes my screen seemed steady, I proceeded to my wife's PC and installed the ATI from mine using DVI cable, within 10 minutes the screen was black, I exchanged the DVI for a VGA and so far the screen works OK, it appears that the digital output is faulty, cable used was not the same one I had used on mine so the cable is probably not the fault,as CC mentioned the drivers are the same for both cards, X700 and Saphire 1650?.


                    Try the other card, no need to uninstall your drivers.

                    Gigabit ethernet controller settings might need adjustment, see Advanced tab under driver Properties in Device Manager, i.e. Connection Type (sometimes auto-negotiate doesn't work).  The lights would have told this story.

                    I wouldn't know where to start here, but I did do a lot of looking and noticed a few things I did not like, in Device Manager my chosen LAN was listed with a #2 at the end of it's name, in the bios the LAN chosen was the first with no number, the second adapter was called #2 and I wasn't using it, it was disabled, I tried many ways but I could not get Device Manager to display without the #2, In my tests I used remote desktop to run my wife's PC and when I did so I tried to access the websites I was trying from my PC to my suprise the sites opened very fast and this was through remote desktop being displayed on my PC, I knew then I had some conflicts, I normally use Network Magic to manage my network so I decided to uninstall it for a test, I tried to use wifi from my PC but I didn't want to loose my settings on the other PC in the house and our LCD TV in the basement or the BlueRay player, all which operate through the router, finally I enabled the LAN again in the bios and rebooted, immediately the speed was there.I would like your advice on reinstalling Network Magic, it is very convenient and is useful, but how good I don't know, it is provided by Cisco for around $25 -30.  One other thing I found out after buying a cable tester  was that I had one cable that was CAT 5 not CAT 5E and RJ45 4,5,6 showed no signal so this alone did not cause the problem but it sure didn't help, my slow connection was there until I disabled the LAN in the bios, uninstalled the Network  Magic program and then enabled LAN 1 in the bios again, I believe that somehow the use of LAN #2 then using Network Magic and then disabling LAN2, enabling LAN 1 was some how causing a confusion, I say this because in the router MAC address I could only find the MAC address for LAN #2, yet being wired to the router I was not being prevented from accessing the router which is why I have these MAC addresses installed in the router, only computers who's address is stored in the router are allowed access.

                    It's been a long hard haul but thanks to all of you we can say this issue is SOLVED, thank you all and God bless you.
                    If is easy for you could you tell me how to get the little monitor that appear in the notification area, I like it and that was one of my ways of telling that my PC was not even getting a signal for many seconds each time I tried to access a website.

                    Should anyone have questions, I am just rambling on trying to fill you in and may have left questions unanswered please feel free to write me at my main email address  and place computer hope in the subject area.  again Thanks to all.




                    Spybot & Adaware are mostly useless.  AVG is an antivirus, not anti-malware.

                    Malware issues are handled by the specialists here:  http://www.computerhope.com/forum/index.php/board,7.0.html
                    This would addresss the slow speed, but not the screen blanking, unless this is a new malware issue I am unaware of.

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                    Re: Computer fast in Safe mode
                    « Reply #29 on: April 18, 2011, 10:01:42 AM »
                    1.  I'm hoping one of the Mods will see this and remove your email address:
                    Don't post messages with any personal information such as personal e-mail address, home address, phone number, credit card information, etc. All posts can be viewed by anyone or anything visiting the forums.
                    2.  A number after the LAN means nothing, mine all say 2 or #2.  I think it has to do when the drivers are 1st installed, the hardware setting is changed from "blank" to a number.  Because your motherboard is a server with dual LANs, if both are BIOS enabled, one can be configured to transmit & the other to receive or a host of other ways I'm not familiar with.  It probably works better with XP-Server, than XP-Pro/Home.
                    3.  Never heard of Cisco's Network Magic before.  Don't know why you would need or want it.

                    I thought that card was bad, I'd never heard of a failure like that before.  It could still be under warranty.