Jarod (the puppy) wrote:
This problem is OLD.

I think it was about a year ago when it first happened and I still am
stuck to what is going on.


Since then the machine has hardly been used, so details are sketchy
at best.

snip

Have you considered a clean install of Windows ?

If you've been waiting this long, you need drastic action to fix it.
If you aren't making any progress, then the machine is virtually useless
to you.

My recipe (yes, I know you've done almost all of this already):

1) Install chipset drivers (gives AGP), video card drivers, DirectX 9c
2) Run DXDiag and do the little 3D tests there.
3) Get a copy of Powerstrip (entechtaiwan.com). That will give you
a limited time evaluation. Select "Options" from the menu. It
will tell you what mode your video card is in (AGP 8X), as well
as indicate whether texture transfer is "DMA" or "DIME". Verify
it is one of those, and not set to none.

The Powerstrip options screen looks like this, and more of the
fields should be filled in, in your case.

http://tech.tom.com/img/assets/1100/021126news045.jpg

A program like CPUZ can be used to verify CPU and memory clocks.

http://www.cpuid.com/download/cpu-z-140.zip

Paul