Built My First

[mallagant]

I just finished building my first computer. Woo- go me.
Now I have a few questions First, I'll post my specs

amd 3000+ 64
asus k8v se deluxe
512mb kingston pc3200 (DDR 400)
120 gb caviar hd (western digital)
asus cd-rom drive (not sure what model #, got it on newegg.com for 80 bucks)
pny geforce fx5700 le 128 mb
Also had xp corperate ed. when i encountered these problems. Now have service pack two regular xp pro

My onboard lan would not recognize my cable internet. Well...it would if I restarted the modem while the computer was on, but when I would restart the comp. it wouldn't get a new ip until i turn off the modem again. Had massive trouble with the net being slow when it did work also. Precaching for counter-strike took forever, and my download speed was a quarter of norm.

I installed neverwinter nights and it runs kinda slow and crappy. I thought the game would be easy for my computer, but it sucks on it...I'm well above the recommended specs for the game.

Please, help me lol.

 

[mallagant]

Another thing that may help was that when I asked it to detect my settings for NWN it said that memory for video card could not be obtained. Had no clue what this meant. I dl'ed the latest driver for my card when I first got the comp.

 

[rakedog]

Are you sure that your drivers fully support your modem. And are they the latest drivers?

 

[IAntDemo]

yer try your drivers again

 

[mallagant]

The night before I made the post I reinstalled windows and then redid all of my drivers. I have no more problems out of NWN, but I'm sure the LAN thing still happens. Its like it doesn't want to get a new IP from my cable. I'm trying it on a friend's DSL tonight though. I love NWN btw. Much better now that it knows that its a 128mb card instead of a -1mb card lol.

 

[mallagant]

To reply about the latest drivers for my LAN, I really odn't know if they are. I went to the brand of the onboard stuff's website and it has nothing to offer. I just installed the one that came with the mobo disk.

 

[Morpheus]

go to the device manager click on the device then click on the drive tab and then click on update drive.

 

[mallagant]

Alright, I'll do that tonight when I get home, thanks a bunch.

Also, do you guys think that my system is a pretty okay set-up. I picked all of the parts out myself and have really never built before.

What is a good sound card btw. I definatly don't know anything about them. What so ever.

 

[mallagant]

*cough* What is the best processor in the 754 socket line also? I was curious about that, and will my board support it?

 

[Morpheus]

Sound Blaster Audigy 2
AMD Athlon 64 3700 Clawhammer 130nm (Socket 754)