Computer is slow, dont know much about drivers

[Endless]

I posted in another forum on Bleepingcomputer.com but I thought posting here might be better.

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic411976.html

The gist of my other post is that I have a new computer that was custom made with a clean install of windows and it runs really poorly.

Ive looked for the Drivers myself from what I think is my computer/motherboards manufactuers website but they only off a program that costs money to use and has a lot of bad reviews.

On a speccy scan it says that my motherboard Bios brand is Phoneix Technologies and the model is 760GX-M.

Ive tried some driver search engines but I cant seem to find anything, and Im not sure if that model and brand is what I should be looking for.

Everest says my BIOS type is Award
It says my Award Bios type is Phoenix-Award Bios V6.00PG
Award BIOS message says 760GX-M Ver 1.1D 12/11/2006

Not sure if any of this helps

Thanks for reading.

[Transfusion]

Try www.drivethelife.com
I know the english is horrible, but it has a MASSIVE library of drivers. It will auto-detect missing/outdated drivers (excluding the BIOS drives, those have to be flashed manually).
BIOS drivers should only be updated when compatibility issues arise-you need to be very careful when flashing the BIOS.


This computer's specs are simply... horrible. Tthe Sempron 3000 is the open-die one, if i remember correctly... The Sempron was released a long time ago, in 2004. How much did you pay for this PC? I'm guessing around 200 bucks or so... I am not surprised at all that it has terrible performance.

[Computer_Commando]

...On a speccy scan it says that my motherboard Bios brand is Phoneix Technologies and the model is 760GX-M.
...
Everest says my BIOS type is Award
It says my Award Bios type is Phoenix-Award Bios V6.00PG
Award BIOS message says 760GX-M Ver 1.1D 12/11/2006
...

ECS 760GX-M motherboard:  http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWebSite_2007/Products/ProductsDetail.aspx?CategoryID=1&DetailID=504&DetailName=Feature&MenuID=52&LanID=0
All info & downloads just below the pic.
Not sure why you think drivers will speed things up.  It's about a 7 year old motherboard, because it's using DDR RAM, which was only used in new boards for a year or 2.  Still has AGP slot which is virtually obsolete.  You only had this built 3 weeks ago?  Why would you have a new custom computer built from outdated components?

[Endless]

Ive read several articles and help guides that say a reason my computer might be running slowly is that my drivers are "out of date".

Heres some links to a few of them.

http://xpdrivers.com/performance/slow-computer-check-your-drivers/
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000179.htm

I didnt have anyone build it for me. I just bought it from someone who made it a while ago I guess.

So theres nothing I can do?

[jason2074]

Just to clear up your post and on the thread you have on bleepingcomputer which was already asked.

It is slow, glitchy, and gives errors

You must provide as to what particular activities and programs installed that makes your computer slow.

[Fred35]

http://support.microsoft.com/fixit/


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add more ram
reduce the number of startup programs at boot  time ( look at Taskmanager and Msconfig  for cpu and ram  hogs )
use a good antivirus program
run ccleaner
run Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
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[Fred35]