Athlon 64 and WinXP

[Tweakie]

I've just hand-built an Athlon 64 system yesterday, however, I'm experiencing some serious issues with it. I'm wondering if people are experiencing similar problems.

1) Counter-strike 1.6 (Steam), and Quake2 refuses to run but Jedi Academy, Raven Shield, NFS Underground, and 3DMark2003 runs flawlessly.

2) Cannot enable the Cool'n'Quiet feature even though Asus claims to support it. I cannot find the "CPU" under "Device Manager" to install the necessary driver from AMD. I've already enabled the Cool'n'Quiet and ACPI 2.0 options in BIOS.

3) Windows does not automatically shutdown, but instead, it brings me to the "Windows is now safe to be shutdown" screen. And when I press the power button the computer shuts down immediately.

Does anyone have an idea? This new system is really giving me a headache! I've spent so much money on it. Below is my complete system spec & setup:


-AMD Athlon 64 3200+
-Asus K8V Deluxe
-512MB Kingston KVR400X64C3 DDR400
-ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
-Maxtor Diamondmax 9 120GB SATA
-Windows XP SP1 with latest BIOS and drivers

 

[pat]

Is this a fresh install of Windows or an install from an other computer?

-Always put the blame on you first, then on the hardware !!!

 

[TKS]

64Bit Windows XP? If not, what the hell did you buy an Athlon 64 for? That's like dropping an ATI 9800XT into a computer with an Pentium II.

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<b>It is always brave to say what everyone thinks. </b> <i>Georges Duhamel</i>

TKS

 

[Blad3]

er what? no it isn't?

He bought Athlon 64 because it's an ideal partner for gaming (amongst other things), you dont need 64bit (but it's there for when or if you do.)

Posts like the above are disturbing - I'm getting an A64 and I'm likely to run XP Pro SP1a with it, for gaming...

 

[TKS]

Disturbed eh? Try using a windows 95 (16bit) program on Windows XP...it doesn't work as well. They did give out a bit of info on <A HREF="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9417" target="_new">XP 64</A> earlier this year and again <A HREF="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=13253" target="_new">here</A>. I never said it wasn't going to run...just that it isn't taking full advantage of the processor...and if you're a gaming nut like me, you'll want to unleash the full fury...not just peeter around with a partial performance like i'm sure you and he'll get.

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<b>It is always brave to say what everyone thinks. </b> <i>Georges Duhamel</i>

TKS

 

[silverpig]

The A64 runs great in 32 bit mode. It beats the P4 quite often. A 9800 Pro with a P3 450 will still kick the hell out of a P3 500 with a voodoo 1.

Some day I'll be rich and famous for inventing a device that allows you to stab people in the face over the internet.

 

[Blad3]

Nah I see what you;re saying - A64/FX runs excellent in 32bit mode still, check out any benchmark. It's the best (just) processor for gaming so it seems atm. With or without XP 64.