Rockster - thanks a lot for your detailed reply. I just checked and my bios does not allow changes to voltage. In terms of DRAM bank interleaving,...
An update on what I've tried lately: Rearranged the ram sticks in slots 1,2,3 and all works fine. So I don's suspect the memory. Put ram in...
Thanks for the reply Rockster. Just so you know, I am now getting out of my comfort zone when you start talking about changing bios settings!!...
Thanks for the replies. Evan - I have been moving the sticks in the different slots, but have kind of lost track of what went where!! So I will...
I have an older P3 550MHz system. Motherboard is Tyan Tiger 133 (S1834). OS is Windows 2000 Pro Was originally configured with 128MB RAM....
Miz - thanks for the reply. Since a few days passed without a reply, I decided to re-install IE. Took a couple of attempts but that solved the...
Here's a weird one. I have an old Win98SE computer still going. Useful for email, internet, word processing, etc. A few days ago this problem...
Thanks again PeteC. I see you have the same reservations as I did about installing the VIA 4 in 1 driver. It's possible those drivers were used 4...
There is no mention of a USB Enhanced controller in Device Manager. My scanner is definitely USB 1, camera probably USB 2 (because it's fairly...
Thanks PeteC for the suggestions. I will check for updated drivers. Currently the driver installed for the VIA USB Universal Host Controller is...
Here's an update to my problem: Last week, my new hard drive crashed (only 2 months old!!). Still under warranty, I got system back with yet...
I have a P3 550Mhz system, running Windows 2000 Pro SP4. I recently had to replace the hard drive which had failed. This was done by the tech at...
Well after several weeks of slow slow performance and troubleshooting, I finally took my system to a local tech. He did a full hardware scan...
A further update to my slow system.... I did a cold boot of the system, probably took 10-15 mins to get to the windows desktop. First thing I...
Eric, thanks for your comments. I'm using Norton Systemworks 2002. In doing some more browsing, I've seen various comments about Norton...
I know there's plenty of posts about slow systems - and I have one more to add :) My system is a P3, 550 MHz, 128 MB RAM, 20GB HD (with lots...
Good write-up! I've been through the grief of teenagers installing Kazaa, Morpheus and Grokster over the past couple of years. They all contain...
Thank you all for your input. I think I'll perhaps leave it alone until the day when I start having problems!! scotts
I have a Linksys 4-port router - model BEFSR41. Got it 2 or 3 years ago. Works just fine with 3 computers attached. Firmware on it is version...
Thanks for both of you, Newt and ski123. After doing some more poking around, there were enough problems that I finally decided to scrap it all...
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