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My PC (P4 2.4Ghz HT, Abit IS7 MB, 1GB RAM, Delta66, WinXP) has worked flawlessly untill a few days ago. I installed Aston which is a windows replacement shell. I didn't like it so I removed it. Then I tried to run a song I'm working on in Logic Platinum 5. After a second of playback I got the ASIO overload message. Most of my songs refused to play for more than a second. I thought it was windows crashing so I re-installed windows XP Home and formatted C: at the same time. After installing all the drivers I tried to run my songs but the situation was the same and I got ASIO overload message.
A few days ago I replaced my CPU fan, Powersupply and installed a new harddrive for Audio (Samsung SpinPoint 160GB SATA). My northbridge (?) has got a little fan on it, so I unplugged it but let it be there. The computer worked for at least 3 days after the installation, so I've got a hard time believing that I would have damaged something. When I start my computer I can read "brand name: Intel Pentium 4 2.4Ghz HT" and above it "main processor frequency: 1.2Ghz". Is 1.2Ghz normal for a HT processor or what?

The situation is difficult because reinstalling windows and formatting didn't help. Also, with the fresh windows installation, many programs run unstably. McAfee virusscan gives the "unexpected error has occured, the program will need to shut down"-message. IExplorer gives it sometimes too. I have scanned my computer for viruses but none were found.

Please help me
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Isn´t a HT processor actually two processors working in pararell on a single CPU?
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Also, if you´re having troubles after a reformat, it could be that some low-level components are faulty...Like the BIOS settings or any cards that you have installed...or most likely, your main ram memory!

faulty memory is a big cause of unstable and uneven PC operations...could be just 1MB that is screwd up...

You didn´t overclock anything did you?

If so, without propper cooling, the chipsets you use could have been damaged...

I hope this is somewhat helpfull...
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hmm. it does sound like a hardware problem to my lay woman's ears. i have recently had problems with a temperamental motherboard that worked, didn't work, worked a little again, and then shot down completely.


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have you checked out further anti-virus software? if i were you, i'd try another online anti-virus scanner, and also download either grisoft's avg or antivir (both free) and run another check.

if you haven't done so already, you should probably also post your problem at a computer expert board in addition to here.

maybe you just need to flash (flush...??? hee.) your bios...
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Skaven83 wrote:My PC (P4 2.4Ghz HT, Abit IS7 MB, 1GB RAM, Delta66, WinXP) has worked flawlessly untill a few days ago. I installed Aston which is a windows replacement shell. I didn't like it so I removed it. Then I tried to run a song I'm working on in Logic Platinum 5. After a second of playback I got the ASIO overload message. Most of my songs refused to play for more than a second. I thought it was windows crashing so I re-installed windows XP Home and formatted C: at the same time. After installing all the drivers I tried to run my songs but the situation was the same and I got ASIO overload message.
A few days ago I replaced my CPU fan, Powersupply and installed a new harddrive for Audio (Samsung SpinPoint 160GB SATA). My northbridge (?) has got a little fan on it, so I unplugged it but let it be there. The computer worked for at least 3 days after the installation, so I've got a hard time believing that I would have damaged something. When I start my computer I can read "brand name: Intel Pentium 4 2.4Ghz HT" and above it "main processor frequency: 1.2Ghz". Is 1.2Ghz normal for a HT processor or what?
Sounds like your BIOS is screwed up, in no way should you be seeing the 1.2GHz clock speed, it should show 2.4 on startup. Check your BIOS setings to see if somehow your processor speed got set to "manual" and turned down, weirder things have happened.

You should probably leave the fan on the Northbridge, those suckers can get hot and if you toast it, it's new motherboard time.

I'm not sure I'd reflash the BIOS yet, although if nothing else helps that's a good idea. Usually there's a "reset to defaults" BIOS option, try that first and see if it helps anything.

I hope you get it working! :)
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I hope you get it working to, I have gone through computer hell as well.


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I guess mindless could be right about the HT processor actually being 2 X 1.2Ghz, not sure though. It would be interesting to see if my RAM is working properly. I don't thing my motherboard will get overheated since I still have the fan there which should cool it down a bit, even though it aint turned on. I havent overclocked my computer.
I guess I should try updating my bios. However, I wonder why it would have got screwed since I didn't touch it before my computer got screwed.
My CPU temperature on rest: 45C and when strained, 60C or a couple higher. Case temperature: 45C.
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Hi,

I just wanted to inform you that "I" solved the problem yesterday. It was like some of you here said, it was the BIOS. For some reason something was screwed there, so I chose "load optimized BIOS default" and everything was fine. I guess is, something had screwed with the voltage settings on for the CPU, since sometimes when I turned on the computer, it would either display a message saying "CPU is unworkable..." and sometimes the computer would shut it self down even before the BIOS had managed to start booting.

Anyways, just wanted to share this in case some of you get a similar problem :) This was the reason why my CPU was working on 50% efficiency and programs didn't run properly...
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