need help

Kohta

Kohta

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I recently installed a 256mb nvidia video card and 80gb HD, but it seems like it caused a overclocking problem. My cd/dvd driver sorta got fried or something, and it runs at the speed of 1/5 now.

so i thought i should purchase some rams to help the cpu, but now i wonder because - what if the ram needs more eletricity or work for cpu and cause more damage to my computer...would the rams cause another overclocking or help reduce it?

i dont know much about the whole overclocking thing...any help or comment would be nice

(little info about my PC)
1.3ghz intel celeron, runs at a core speed of 1295.6-7 MHz
2 256 sdram-total of 512mb, upgrading to 2 512 sdram-total of 1gb


thanks in advanced
 
Your CD/DVD optical drive should be fried, not the driver, and that is rarely happening. I have not heard it happen, unless the cmoputer is old. Unless the video card is uncompatiable with your computer and causing random restarts and BSODs (blue screens of death), then it might be a hardware conflict. I would try to start removing unwanted programs and files, clear cookies, files, and histories, clean out emails, old logs, and disk cleanup your computer. then defrag. That should speed up things alot. Try TuneXP too. If your computer is running slower than usual it might be overheating and downclocking, check your temps, either in BIOS/CMOS, Speedfan, Motherboard Monitor, or Pc Wizard. The core speed is normal, so it should not be downclocking. I would also say that your Celeron CPU is holding you back. I would suggest replacing the whole mobo/cpu, rather than buying more RAM. A 486 with 16MB RAM and a 486 with 256MB RAM don't make much of a difference in performance.
 
Sorry about 2x posting.

And if you are overclocking, that should not be a problem. Unless you are overclocking your GPU and fried something of the sort...
 
oh yea, i meant the drive..sorry

my computer is pretty old i guess. the operating system installation might not have clean as much as it could've been because the CD was little scratched up. I guess that was pretty stupid thing to do but i had to re-install it. I think I should install xp clean with clean cd or something. that mightve been slowing things down but i dont know

i was thinking about building my own computer anyway, so maybe i sholud just start from there, and deal with this computer until that because it doesnt seem like its gonna fry other parts too.

thanks for the response :D
 
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