bios

I have tried to update my BIOS a few months ago when i was upgrading parts. For the life of me I couldn't get anything to work, I went to sites given and no luck at all. When I first got my puter it was pretty bad by anyones standards...dont ask...lol...

BIOS Type AMI
System BIOS Date 09/11/02
Video BIOS Date 07/23/20

BIOS Manufacturer
Company Name American Megatrends Inc.
Product Information http://www.ami.com/amibios
BIOS Upgrades http://www.esupport.com/biosagent/index.cfm?refererid=40

Motherboard ID 63-0100-000001-00101111-091102-iBRKDL_G$RG84510A_BIOS DATE: 09/11/02 09:52:52 VER: 08.00.05

Motherboard Name Intel Rexburg D845GRG

Also, I replaced a stick of 128 with a 512 and I still seem to lag-a-lot. I have good cleaning programs / anit viruse /spy wear ect.. and try to keep things updated...any ideas Please =)

 

So I gather the Bios update was succesful... and your saying that it is still running slow ?? Have you updated your chipset ?? if not here's a link ....
http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/sb/cs-009236.htm
Can you be a bit more specific with your problem ie. Problems before Bios Upgrade and now, the more you tell us the more help you will attract.

 

Nope it wouldnt update so i left it....lol...ill check out the chipset and get back to ya though...

 

I've checked out the link you gave, I couldn't find the right chipset number and name.
I couldn't even find the mother board name. I've checked out the manufacturer's site,
got the update ( which there was 2 you could chose from ) and it wouldn't update with either.
I've been trying to get my puter to run more smoothly and update the hardware /
software. I get alot of lag when I have a few programs running ie : in voice / camming,
net surfing, photo editing, yahell games...ect... I have programs that are eating up
CPU that shouldn't be.
When I first got this puter it had 1 stick of 128 mg of ram and a 20 gb hard drive. I've
added a fan, a 512 stick in and put a slave drive in and now have 60 gb of hard drive, although we all know its not the hard drive thats making me lag...lol... Anyway, I've been getting a forever never ending windows that I can't close down, can't left or right click on the window to escape it or get the process explorer up so i can shut it down that way.
( thats mainly yahell messenger ims that do that.) I dont run too many programs at once, everything just freezes up and or runs slow. I have cable so i know its not connections problems, and that gets reset every so often. Things just run really crappy lately.

 

Have a look in 'Task Manager' press control/alt/delete at the same time then look at processes and see if any prog is hogging your CPU ..
Apologies for last link but I believe this is it now...
http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/d845grg/

 

That was the first link I tried and no luck it said something about the system
didn't have enough room. More room was made still no go, I figured after the 3rd try i gave up....


http://majorgeeks.com/Process_Explorer_d4566.html

Thats what i use for my task manager.... it loads much faster =)

 

This a stickler .. Have you been to BIOS & checked all settings including correct voltage using the Mobo Manual.. You haven't mentioned what Operating System you are using.. Maybe an OS 'Repair' is called for..

 

Toke has suggested a Windows repair, and it is very possible that it could help.
I have checked around, and Have I got this right..........
Motherboard
http://www.intel.com/design/motherbd/rg/index.htm?iid=ipp_dlc_deskmb+p4pmb_d845grg&
You are using 640mb DDR ram, socket 478, two harddrives (40gb +20gb)? 5400, 0r, 7200 speed?
Windows XP?- we assume, but is it 2000, ME, 98 ?

845GRG BOARDS-- USING XP
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/fil...XP+Home+Edition&lang=eng&strOSs=45&submit=Go!

A suggestion - antivirus / AVG?+ Adobe add on in Explorer+Apache - all have given similar problems with an update- It is worth trying uninstallingthe latest updates, or re-installing antivirus software, or, disabling add ons in Explorer/Firefox, to see if they are causing problems.

 

Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
OS Service Pack Service Pack 2
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)

Motherboard
CPU Type Intel Celeron, 1800 MHz (18 x 100)
Motherboard Name Intel Rexburg D845GRG (3 PCI, 1 AGP, 2 DIMM, Audio, Video)
Motherboard Chipset Intel Brookdale-G i845G
System Memory 768 MB (DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type AMI (09/11/02)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1)

Display
Video Adapter Intel(R) 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics Controller (64 MB)
3D Accelerator Intel Extreme Graphics

Storage
IDE Controller Intel(R) 82801DB Ultra ATA Storage Controller - 24CB
SCSI/RAID Controller SCSI/RAID Host Controller

Disk Drive WDC WD200EB-11CPF0 (18 GB, IDE)
Disk Drive ST340015A (40 GB, 5400 RPM, Ultra-ATA/100)
Optical Drive HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8400B (40x/12x/40x CD-RW)
Optical Drive MATSHITA DVD-ROM SR-8588 (16x/48x DVD-ROM)
SMART Hard Disks Status OK

Partitions
C: (NTFS) 19092 MB (1164 MB free)
F: (NTFS) 38162 MB (29510 MB free)
Total Size 55.9 GB (30.0 GB free)

Field Value
BIOS Properties
BIOS Type AMI
System BIOS Date 09/11/02
Video BIOS Date 07/23/20

BIOS Manufacturer
Company Name American Megatrends Inc.
Product Information http://www.ami.com/amibios
BIOS Upgrades http://www.esupport.com/biosagent/index.cfm?refererid=40

Problems & Suggestions
Suggestion Are you looking for a BIOS Upgrade? Contact eSupport Today!
Suggestion System BIOS is more than 2 years old. Update it if necessary.

 

If you are using XP-SP2 is the SP2 intergrated with the OS or was it a XP-SP1 then upgraded to SP2. Reason I am saying this is recently I added a SP2 to a XP SP1 and it caused all sorts of havoc and had to uninstall to stabalise.

 

This computer came with SP1. Upgraded it to SP2 three times, and reformated twice. Before SP2 I never had so much problems with lag, or have had a memory errors as I do now. I can't recall what CPU usage was before I started learning how to do my own stuff on here. I am sure enough well aware of things that run on here now, and how it runs now vs. before.
I'll check out re-installing SP1 and get back to you a.s.a.p., might take a few days though. (or when I get the time to)

"Flashing the bios can fail if USB devices are left connected whilst attempting the process."
I have wireless key board and mouse, cam and had the printer all plugged in....would that have caused the update for the BIOS fall?

 

Did you try these at that Intel site?-It might be worth the go, if you have not, and it will update most drivers for your motherboard.
Intel® Desktop Board D845GRG
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/fil...XP+Home+Edition&lang=eng&strOSs=45&submit=Go!