512MB 266 on a MSI KT4AV-L act very slow

raylee011

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Hi,

I have the MSI KT4AV-L with AMD Althorn 1.3 (266FSB) and 512MB DDR 266 Memory. Before I updated to this motherboard, I was using the ASUS A7V266 motherboard. With the ASUS motherboard and the AMD Althorn 1.3 and 512MB DDR 266 Memory, My PC was working perfectly fine and fast. Since I updated to MSI motherboard, My PC boot up very slow, and sometime; it will not be able to detect one of my hard drive or one of my CDROM. And more importantly, it takes a long time to detect the IDE Drives at boot up. And once it gets to the Windows XP, My PC acting very slowly. Do you know why?
And can you tell me the correct configuration for the BIOS (CMOS) in detail? It just doesn’t feel like it is working at the full speed.
Oh, one more detail, I set it to be 133MHz, and the startup screen is showing me that I have a 1350MHz CPU, instead of a 1333MHz. Could it be a Memory problem? I set the memory to 266MHz!
HELP please!!!
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Sorry if this a bit too obvious, but did you do a clean install of windows when you changed mobo's? And do you have the latest chipset drivers for the new board?

If you just changed mobo's and plugged in the HD, you'd have ASUS chipset drivers that will cause problems with the MSI mobo.

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raylee011

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No, I did not install a fresh WinXP. Maybe I will try that. I just hate it to reinstall everything. I have so much software to reinstall. Well, I guess I should give it a try.