5700 LE and it's driving me nuts, please help

NancyL3 · 03-April-05, 09:36 PM

I have an ASUS motherboard (A7N8X-E Deluxe) with a pretty good processor. The chipset for this motherboard are NVIDIA nForce2 Ultra 400 - NVIDIA nForce2 MCP-T. Does that mean that I'm locked into one particular graphics card? Should I look at getting another graphics card? My graphics card is an Albatron 5700LE. When I first put the comp together the system worked like a charm. Now, when I boot up EQII it lags something awful nor can I run the error check for my hard drive. It locks up and I have to revert to a previous setting.

Please, please help!

Dr3w · 03-April-05, 09:59 PM

know u can put w/e card u want, and your card isnt the best

any card thats le or se usualy blows .. thus your lag, your hd error check wouldnt be becouse of it. u should probably just format and reinstall your os usualy fixes issues.

NancyL3 · 03-April-05, 10:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dr3w


	know u can put w/e card u want, and your card isnt the best any card thats le or se usualy blows .. thus your lag, your hd error check wouldnt be becouse of it. u should probably just format and reinstall your os usualy fixes issues.

Ok, I will reformat and reinstall everything tomorrow. Now comes an onslaught of other ?'s. What video card should I get for EQII? And I want to be able to go onto the internet without leaving a bunch of tracking cookies on my HD as well as getting spyware that secretly takes up my RAM and bugs my pc. Any ideas on that pretty please?

Dr3w · 03-April-05, 10:11 PM

well for your video card, if it worked before fine with eq2, then it should work fine again when u format and reinstall, for spyware and adware id get adware and spyware search and destroy, in search and destroy u turn on the adware checky mik thingy, like an anti virus for adware, and also make sure u install sp1 and sp2 if u have xp.. helps alot and any other security updates.

NancyL3 · 03-April-05, 10:14 PM

Thank you very much for your time!

Dr3w · 03-April-05, 10:16 PM

thats what pr's for, have fun.

NancyL3 · 03-April-05, 10:55 PM

Oh, did you have any suggestions on what kind of video card if this doesn't do the trick?

Also, what do you think of ZoneAlarm for a firewall and do you suggest McAfee or Norton?

Iateronmly · 03-April-05, 11:00 PM

Hi - I'm the one that sent you a PM in the Everquest chat room section. Anyways, I'm wondering.. how much RAM do you have installed? You really need 1 gig for Everquest II, 512mb is horrible if you shut off everything unneeded even (everything closed in the system tray,anti virus off even).

RBIEZE · 03-April-05, 11:09 PM

zone alarm has antivirus and firewall, ive used it on one of my systems for a year without trouble.im useing panda platinum on this system it seems to work almost as well (it doesnt block as many popups).

Iateronmly · 03-April-05, 11:12 PM

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Originally Posted by RBIEZE


	zone alarm has antivirus and firewall, ive used it on one of my systems for a year without trouble.im useing panda platinum on this system it seems to work almost as well (it doesnt block as many popups).

That's not the issue - 512mb just flat out won't supply the memory it needs to run Everquest smoothly. Need 1 gig of RAM for it to be happy.

RBIEZE · 03-April-05, 11:33 PM

yes 1 gig of ram is what you need for gaming .i had 1gig and took 512 MB out for another system the difference was amazingly sucky.

NancyL3 · 04-April-05, 01:42 AM

Hi there,
I have 1 gb RAM in the system. This is the processor "CPU AMD|3000/333 ATHLON XP BARTON" and as I've said the graphics card is an nVidia GeForce FX5700LE. I even put 1.5 gig into the system from another one - making it a total of 2.5 gig- I have today and it still lagged something awful.

Teranfirbt · 04-April-05, 09:56 AM

go for a Geforce 6600GT card...

RBIEZE · 04-April-05, 11:22 AM

we dont have al the specs on your system,but you say it ran fine in this setup?if you made no hardware changes i figure(guess)its software . defrag your drive .is the drive light coming on constantly while gaming, check virtual memory it seems to like two and a halftimes vm to ram ratio.weed out processes you dont need .hit cntrl-alt-del .if all else formatting the drive and reinstalling an operating system is easy with an internet connection for updates.although figuring out the problem might be a nice challenge.i had the same trouble and finally zero filled the hard drive and reinstalled win. Problem Gone ! also the 6600gt is agood card .i have 2 msi 6600gt's and thayre a good price verses performance.plus they overclock well.sorry i cant help more ////updated\\\\sorry didnt notice you were allready reinstalling your O.S(i was sleeeepy)

NancyL3 · 04-April-05, 04:18 PM

"6600gt" check, thank you very much. Here are the specs for my processor: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...103-381&depa=1

AMD Athlon XP 3000+ "Barton", 333 FSB, 512K Cache Processor - Retail

Model# AXDA3000BOX

Item # N82E16819103381

Specifications:
Model: AMD Athlon XP 3000+
Core: Barton
Operating Frequency: 2.16GHz
FSB: 333MHz
Cache: L1/64K+64K; L2/512K
Voltage: 1.65V
Process: 0.13Micron
Socket: Socket A
Multimedia Instruction: MMX, SSE, 3DNOW!, 3DNOW!+

Got it from Newegg.

03-April-05, 09:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
NancyL3 Apex Techie Wannabe Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 6	5700 LE and it's driving me nuts, please help I have an ASUS motherboard (A7N8X-E Deluxe) with a pretty good processor. The chipset for this motherboard are NVIDIA nForce2 Ultra 400 - NVIDIA nForce2 MCP-T. Does that mean that I'm locked into one particular graphics card? Should I look at getting another graphics card? My graphics card is an Albatron 5700LE. When I first put the comp together the system worked like a charm. Now, when I boot up EQII it lags something awful nor can I run the error check for my hard drive. It locks up and I have to revert to a previous setting. Please, please help! Last edited by NancyL3; 03-April-05 at 09:42 PM.

03-April-05, 09:59 PM	#2 (permalink)
Dr3w Apex Elite Expert Tech Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Montreal,QC Posts: 1,341	know u can put w/e card u want, and your card isnt the best any card thats le or se usualy blows .. thus your lag, your hd error check wouldnt be becouse of it. u should probably just format and reinstall your os usualy fixes issues. __________________

03-April-05, 10:11 PM	#4 (permalink)
Dr3w Apex Elite Expert Tech Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Montreal,QC Posts: 1,341	well for your video card, if it worked before fine with eq2, then it should work fine again when u format and reinstall, for spyware and adware id get adware and spyware search and destroy, in search and destroy u turn on the adware checky mik thingy, like an anti virus for adware, and also make sure u install sp1 and sp2 if u have xp.. helps alot and any other security updates. __________________

03-April-05, 10:16 PM	#6 (permalink)
Dr3w Apex Elite Expert Tech Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Montreal,QC Posts: 1,341	thats what pr's for, have fun. __________________

03-April-05, 11:00 PM	#8 (permalink)
Iateronmly Smooth Operator Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Eugene OR Posts: 5,261	Hi - I'm the one that sent you a PM in the Everquest chat room section. Anyways, I'm wondering.. how much RAM do you have installed? You really need 1 gig for Everquest II, 512mb is horrible if you shut off everything unneeded even (everything closed in the system tray,anti virus off even). __________________ I'm the trouble starter, punkin' instigator.

03-April-05, 10:14 PM	#5 (permalink)
NancyL3 Apex Techie Wannabe Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 6	Thank you very much for your time!

03-April-05, 10:55 PM	#7 (permalink)
NancyL3 Apex Techie Wannabe Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 6	Oh, did you have any suggestions on what kind of video card if this doesn't do the trick? Also, what do you think of ZoneAlarm for a firewall and do you suggest McAfee or Norton?

03-April-05, 11:09 PM	#9 (permalink)
RBIEZE Apex Tech Demi-God Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Northern Illinois,In the basement ,programing my CnC mill Posts: 1,771	zone alarm has antivirus and firewall, ive used it on one of my systems for a year without trouble.im useing panda platinum on this system it seems to work almost as well (it doesnt block as many popups). __________________ http://folding.extremeoverclocking.c...e.php?u=132601 In peace, nothing so becomes a man as modesty and humility, but when the blast of war blows in our ears, then imitate the action of the tiger, summon up the blood, disguise fair nature with rage and lend the eye a terrible aspect.

03-April-05, 11:33 PM	#11 (permalink)
RBIEZE Apex Tech Demi-God Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Northern Illinois,In the basement ,programing my CnC mill Posts: 1,771	yes 1 gig of ram is what you need for gaming .i had 1gig and took 512 MB out for another system the difference was amazingly sucky. __________________ http://folding.extremeoverclocking.c...e.php?u=132601 In peace, nothing so becomes a man as modesty and humility, but when the blast of war blows in our ears, then imitate the action of the tiger, summon up the blood, disguise fair nature with rage and lend the eye a terrible aspect.

04-April-05, 01:42 AM	#12 (permalink)
NancyL3 Apex Techie Wannabe Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 6	Hi there, I have 1 gb RAM in the system. This is the processor "CPU AMD\|3000/333 ATHLON XP BARTON" and as I've said the graphics card is an nVidia GeForce FX5700LE. I even put 1.5 gig into the system from another one - making it a total of 2.5 gig- I have today and it still lagged something awful.

04-April-05, 09:56 AM	#13 (permalink)
Teranfirbt Apex Master Tech Apprentice Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Oregon Posts: 226	go for a Geforce 6600GT card... __________________ Athlon64 3000+@2.4 ghz Gigabyte GA-K8NS 1 gig Mushkin PC3200@PC3840 Gigabyte 6600GT AGP WD200 SATA Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Antec TruePower 430 Zalman CNPS7700AlCu Zalman VF700AlCu

04-April-05, 11:22 AM	#14 (permalink)
RBIEZE Apex Tech Demi-God Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Northern Illinois,In the basement ,programing my CnC mill Posts: 1,771	we dont have al the specs on your system,but you say it ran fine in this setup?if you made no hardware changes i figure(guess)its software . defrag your drive .is the drive light coming on constantly while gaming, check virtual memory it seems to like two and a halftimes vm to ram ratio.weed out processes you dont need .hit cntrl-alt-del .if all else formatting the drive and reinstalling an operating system is easy with an internet connection for updates.although figuring out the problem might be a nice challenge.i had the same trouble and finally zero filled the hard drive and reinstalled win. Problem Gone ! also the 6600gt is agood card .i have 2 msi 6600gt's and thayre a good price verses performance.plus they overclock well.sorry i cant help more ////updated\\\\sorry didnt notice you were allready reinstalling your O.S(i was sleeeepy) __________________ http://folding.extremeoverclocking.c...e.php?u=132601 In peace, nothing so becomes a man as modesty and humility, but when the blast of war blows in our ears, then imitate the action of the tiger, summon up the blood, disguise fair nature with rage and lend the eye a terrible aspect. Last edited by RBIEZE; 04-April-05 at 12:07 PM.

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