Tony, Thanks for your information. Now I understand why my ram won't run at 133 (because the celeron runs at 100 * 13). Maybe I will look for a...
Thanks Charles, I have run a disk check and defrag just a few days ago. I have also run Microsoft Malicious software removal tool and AddAware...
My PC is over 3 years old but used to run much faster than it does now. My system is P4 2.4Ghz, 1Gb PC333 ram (1 X 512MB and 2 X 256MB sticks), 2...
Thanks Rockster, As the motherboard manual made no mention of memory types I thought that it must have supported all (did not know about type ECC...
Thanks for your suggestion. I could not find that Advanced Bios setting but did find in the Frequency/Voltage control settings for the CPU host...
Yeh I know all that. I installed the SINGLE stick of ram which was sold to me as 256MB PC133 yet the POST displays 128Mb at 100Mhz. I have the...
I am upgrading the memory of our second PC. The motherboard user guide suggests that the memory size and type are automatically detected. I...
I have just installed replaced an older DVD writer drive with an OEM PIONEER DVD-111D drive. Windows XP automatically detected new hardware and...
Things seem to be a lot faster now thanks. Since posting I also considered "ad ware" and so ran Ad-Aware which found 1 entry. "My Computer"...
Thanks for the suggestion. I have now tried that and rebooted with single DDR400 512Mb double sided, then single DDR333 256mb single sided, then...
I think that I have hardware problems which is slowing down my PC. First the specs - Pentium 4 2.4Ghz 1 Gb RAM in 2 X 512Mb DIMMS 2 80Gb...
My son just phoned me to say that his very young son must have done something to his PC as the display on the monitor was INVERTED. I explained...
I presume disabling write behind cacheing helps prevent dropped frames when capturing video.
One of the "system tweaks" recommended for capturing video (from a digital video camera) is to "disable write behind caching on the hard drive...
I seem to recollect that it is possible to include in the body of an email (created using Outlook) a question which the recipient can merely...
Thanks guys, I use a NETGEAR RP614 Cable/DSL Web Safe Router with 4 port 10/100 Mbps switch. Since my first posting I set Zonealarm Zone TAB on...
Thwe FIREWALL tab in ZoneLabs (sliders) are BOTH (Internet Zone Security and Trusted Zone Security) set to MEDium. Should I be setting up the...
I have just set up a home network for two PCs connected via a router and each PC can accesses the internet (cable modem) via the same router....
I have read a few posts to this forum regarding desktop icons not arranging the way the user wanted but could not find anything on the following -...
Member Profile: Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 8 Computer Thanks PeteC I have (now) tried what you suggested but...
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