Computer Hope
Hardware => Drivers => Topic started by: Endless on July 30, 2011, 10:44:48 PM
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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.
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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 It will auto-detect missing/outdated drivers (excluding the BIOS drives, those have to be flashed manually).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.
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...On a speccy scan it says that my motherboard Bios brand is Phoneix Technologies and the model is 760GX-M.
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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
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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?
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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?
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Just to clear up your post and on the thread you have on bleepingcomputer (http://"http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic411976.html") 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.
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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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