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Started by Barry Ward
Sun, 10 Jun 2001 19:21
How to speed up commercial computer?
Author: Barry Ward
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 19:21
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 19:21
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A friend of mine has recently bought his first computer -- a Celeron 667 on a Micro ATX board with integrated video and sound and only 64 meg RAM. It appears to have an ATA66 Hdd (UDMA Mode 4) and runs Windows ME. It is soooo slow!!!! Its slower (especially loading) than my old P233 with 64 meg RAM running Windows 95 I figure the main problem is that 64 meg RAM (- 8 meg for the onboard video ) plus running Windows ME is the killer!! I am going to get him another 128 Meg RAM -- but cannot do anything about the sound, video or Hdd (I think). Any other suggestions to speed this thing up -- please don't tell me to ditch ME -- that is also out of the question. Thanks Barry in Brisbane Australia
Re: How to speed up commercial computer?
Author: Jim Turner
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 20:38
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 20:38
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On Mon, 11 Jun 2001 05:21:19 +1000, "Barry Ward" <baz@powerup.com.au> wrote: >A friend of mine has recently bought his first computer -- a Celeron 667 on >a Micro ATX board with integrated video and sound and only 64 meg RAM. It >appears to have an ATA66 Hdd (UDMA Mode 4) and runs Windows ME. > >It is soooo slow!!!! Its slower (especially loading) than my old P233 with >64 meg RAM running Windows 95 > >I figure the main problem is that 64 meg RAM (- 8 meg for the onboard >video ) plus running Windows ME is the killer!! I am going to get him >another 128 Meg RAM -- but cannot do anything about the sound, video or Hdd >(I think). > >Any other suggestions to speed this thing up -- please don't tell me to >ditch ME -- that is also out of the question. > >Thanks > >Barry in Brisbane Australia > > Might also be able to put in a PCI video card, which would be faster than the onboard video. Most system like that will disable onboard video if you plug in another video card. Some have a jumper (and some few will not take another video card at all). Have had good luck with Nvidia TNT2 based PCI cards upgrading these micro atx type systems. JT
Re: How to speed up commercial computer?
Author: Pete Ulrich
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 21:30
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 21:30
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What else is running besides Me......There may be a virus scan going on or who knows what else. Maybe shutting down a few items after a ctrl-alt-delete would help. "Barry Ward" <baz@powerup.com.au> wrote in message news:3b23c859@grissom... > A friend of mine has recently bought his first computer -- a Celeron 667 on > a Micro ATX board with integrated video and sound and only 64 meg RAM. It > appears to have an ATA66 Hdd (UDMA Mode 4) and runs Windows ME. > > It is soooo slow!!!! Its slower (especially loading) than my old P233 with > 64 meg RAM running Windows 95 > > I figure the main problem is that 64 meg RAM (- 8 meg for the onboard > video ) plus running Windows ME is the killer!! I am going to get him > another 128 Meg RAM -- but cannot do anything about the sound, video or Hdd > (I think). > > Any other suggestions to speed this thing up -- please don't tell me to > ditch ME -- that is also out of the question. > > Thanks > > Barry in Brisbane Australia > > >
Re: How to speed up commercial computer?
Author: DAVE
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 21:46
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 21:46
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On Mon, 11 Jun 2001 05:21:19 +1000, "Barry Ward" <baz@powerup.com.au> wrote: >A friend of mine has recently bought his first computer -- a Celeron 667 on >a Micro ATX board with integrated video and sound and only 64 meg RAM. It >appears to have an ATA66 Hdd (UDMA Mode 4) and runs Windows ME. > >It is soooo slow!!!! Its slower (especially loading) than my old P233 with >64 meg RAM running Windows 95 > >I figure the main problem is that 64 meg RAM (- 8 meg for the onboard >video ) plus running Windows ME is the killer!! I am going to get him >another 128 Meg RAM -- but cannot do anything about the sound, video or Hdd >(I think). <snip> Definitely boost the RAM. Also check the programs that are running upon bootup. One of them may be bogging the systems or you could just have too many things running. Dave
Re: How to speed up commercial computer?
Author: James Macarthur
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 01:47
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 01:47
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Are yoou sure the onboard video doesm't have it's own memory near the video chip? My old AST had memory at the S3 chip itself, so more could be added. James "Barry Ward" <baz@powerup.com.au> wrote in message news:3b23c859@grissom... > A friend of mine has recently bought his first computer -- a Celeron 667 on > a Micro ATX board with integrated video and sound and only 64 meg RAM. It > appears to have an ATA66 Hdd (UDMA Mode 4) and runs Windows ME. > > It is soooo slow!!!! Its slower (especially loading) than my old P233 with > 64 meg RAM running Windows 95 > > I figure the main problem is that 64 meg RAM (- 8 meg for the onboard > video ) plus running Windows ME is the killer!! I am going to get him > another 128 Meg RAM -- but cannot do anything about the sound, video or Hdd > (I think). > > Any other suggestions to speed this thing up -- please don't tell me to > ditch ME -- that is also out of the question. > > Thanks > > Barry in Brisbane Australia > > >
Re: How to speed up commercial computer?
Author: Ryan Morgan
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 02:06
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 02:06
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I am using the Celeron 633mhz now with WINDOWS 98 SE. It used to have 64mb of RAM when I brought it but I soon upgraded with another 128mb for games, etc. It is running fine and the only other upgrade I did was disabled the onboard sound and put a Sound Blaster Vibra 128 in it (around $50) Runs nicely and I can even use it programs like Paint Shop Pro 7 with large images without to much lag.... -:Ryan Barry Ward <baz@powerup.com.au> wrote in message news:3b23c859@grissom... > A friend of mine has recently bought his first computer -- a Celeron 667 on > a Micro ATX board with integrated video and sound and only 64 meg RAM. It > appears to have an ATA66 Hdd (UDMA Mode 4) and runs Windows ME. > > It is soooo slow!!!! Its slower (especially loading) than my old P233 with > 64 meg RAM running Windows 95 > > I figure the main problem is that 64 meg RAM (- 8 meg for the onboard > video ) plus running Windows ME is the killer!! I am going to get him > another 128 Meg RAM -- but cannot do anything about the sound, video or Hdd > (I think). > > Any other suggestions to speed this thing up -- please don't tell me to > ditch ME -- that is also out of the question. > > Thanks > > Barry in Brisbane Australia > > >
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