it turns out my computer is running at 1 ghz...however, the bios thinks it is running at 500mhz....I tried updating the BIOS last night and I think I did it right....so supposedly the only thing wrong with my computer theoreticaly would be that i have to press f1 to start it every single time I reboot and I can never change anything in the BIOS ever again.....i think I need a new computer