Could My Lack Of Performance Be A bios Issue?

[eggyhustles]

ECS AMD690GM-M2 AM2 AMD 690G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+ Brisbane 2.1GHz Socket AM2 65W Dual-Core Processor Model ADO4000IAA5DD

2 Kingston HyperX 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory Model KHX6400D2/1G

Antec True Power Trio TP3-430 430W ATX12V Power Supply with Three 12V Rails

Western Digital Caviar SE WD1200AAJS 120GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive (main drive)

EVGA 512-P3-N861-AR GeForce 9600 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card

Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive(soon to be purchased)

200gb ide hd..(slave)

Heres how the bios is set up..

Standard CMOS features
IDE channel 0 Master ->Maxtor 200gb ide drive(slave drive)
channel 2 Master -> western digital 120gb sata drive(main drive)

Advanced Bios Features
Hard disk boot priorities
Ch2 -> western digital(main drive)
Ch0 -> maxtor(slave)

CPU Internal Cache -> enabled
CPU external cache -> enabled
First boot device -> harddisk/ 2nd -> CD-rom

OS Select For D-ram>64 [OS2]

Advanced Chipset Features

1. D-Ram Config
timing mode -> auto
SPD checksum restart-> ignore
DQS training control-> skip
CKE basepower down mode-> disabled
CKE base power down-> per channel
MeM clock Tri-stating-> disabled
Memory hole remapping-> enabled
Auto optimize bottom IO-> enabled
Bottom Of UMA D-RAM [31:24] [FC]

2. LDT and PCI bus control
LDT bus width-> auto
LDT bus frequency-> auto

HT drive strengh ->auto
HT reciever comp. ctril -> auto
HTT PLL Control -> high speed

3. IGX config
UMA frame buffer size -> auto
IGX engine Clock -> 400
System bios Cacheable -> disabled

Intergraded peripherals

1. South Onchip IDE
IDE Dma transfer access -> enabled
Onchip IDE channel 10 -> enabled
Primary Master p10 -> auto
Primary slave -> auto
Primary UDMA master -> auto
Primary UDMA slave -> auto
ATi sata controller -> enabled
Ati sata type -> native IDE
IDE HDD block mode -> enabled

2. Soth Onchip Pci
Ati azalia audio -> disabled (think it's because i have a creative soundcard?)
SB600 spread spectrum -> enabled
usb 2.0 controller -> enabled
usb controller -> enabled
usb legacy -> enabled
usb mouse -> enabled
usb storage -> enabled
Onbaord LAN -> enabled
Lan Boot ROM -> disabled

3. super Io Device
onboard FDC controller -> enabled
onboard serial port 1 [3f8/irq4]
onboard parallel port [3f8/irq7]
onboard port mode [spp]
INIT display first [pciex]

Power management
ACPI suspend type [s3(str)]
HDD power down -> disabled
video off [suspend -> off]
video off method [v/h sync + blank]
soft-off [instant off]
ACPI TSDT -> disabled
HPET support -> enabled

PNP/PCI config
Resources controlled by -> [auto(escd)]
pci/vga palette snoop -> disabled

Frequency voltage control

NTP fid control -> auto
NTP vid control -> auto
AMD K8 cool/quiet control -> auto
DIMM voltage adjust [+.10v]
auto detect pci clk -> enabled
Spread sectrum -> disabled
CPU clock-> 200mhz(shouldn't this be higher?)

[Spoiler]

What is your computer doing...or not doing that makes you think its is not performing right?

[eggyhustles]

it's extremely slow..boots slower than my old p3 system...it lags alot too...boot up time takes 2-3 minutes..

don't have any spyware or viruses..i run nod32..and a couple other programs like hi jack this and ad-aware..i see nothing out of the ordinary in task manager..start up is pretty empty too(pics below)..i also defrag once a week..

[Spoiler]

Have you loaded the drivers for the motherboard?

What OS are you running?

[eggyhustles]

yes they are installed... i'm running xp

[Spoiler]

Do you have another power supply you could try? The one you have is only 450w which I think is a little on the weak side.

I looked at the BIOS info you posted before and I don't see anything wrong.

You can check your power needs out on a site like this....

http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp

[eggyhustles]

for what i have in my system my psu is more than enough..

wish i had another psu to try though 

[patio]

Actually your PSU wattage is borderline for that build.