new bios could be also helpful as all these gigabyte applications have strict connection with bios
sp3 for win xp is a nightmare due to so many problems caused. it also slows total boot up time.
i am still using sp2 due to above reasons
It was very kind of you folks to check for a solution, thank you.
Microsoft has changed the updater process and in doing so, created updates and service packs that goof up the XP operating system very badly. The updates cause all kinds of problems.
I do not recommend that SP3 be installed from the update website, however the XP disk with SP3 already in place probably works much better (older version of SP3)
In fact, most microsoft updates downloaded from the update site are a mistake.
You are better off running without any microsoft updates.
Using a good security system, such as panda internet security, will work better than installing any microsoft updates.
Im going to check and see if the updated version of Gigabyte energy saver works any better.....
Or maybe AMD techs have something that will work better.
But at this point, there are a bunch of people having bugs with any energy saver application, which is funny because this board was made to save energy; and all of the energy saving features malfunction, (except the fan speed).
