hi all, Actually i am a computer engineer and my problem is: My pc is very slow, my pc's configuration is: 250 gb (segate) 2 gb ram ( amd athlon 6400+ asus m2n vmdvi motherboard dvd writer nvidia 7500gs(256 mb graphics) I have formatted my machine various times but the problem still exist. The pc is very slow. but when i first start my pc it will work properly then it starts going down within 1 hour. someone please help me. please tell me what is it a compatibility issue with processor or with motherboard. regards Tausif Farid

I might be wrong, but shouldn't computer engineers know enough to do basic troubleshooting steps on the system? Anyway, some questions: Is it just slow browsing the internet, or in opening/using programs? How long does it take for Windows to come up, or an application to load? Give an example. Have you defragmented? How many applications do you have running in the background? With 2 gigs of RAM, you should be able to have a decent amount of apps running at once without a whole lot of performance degradation (especially when using XP), but that depends on what kind of applications you're running. I don't know if maybe you're running a memory intensive application such as Photoshop, etc. WinSimple Software