Hmm okay...I'll try reseting the BIOS.

The problem with the slowdown is that my PC would have 100% memory usage at startup and take ages to do anything. Anyone know what causes that? I know its not viruses or anything since the only thing on the PC is XP, freshly installed.

I'll try reseating the card and reseting the BIOS when I get in. I was just thinking about buying a new PSU too...hehe.

PS the memory issue seems to be okay, it was after I installed AVG and some other programs...but it went away once I uninstalled them. Safe Mode ran okay, it was just Windows that was at 100% memory usage.