🚀 go-pugleaf

next thing I can suggest is another main board.

Or, in the M/b manual theres a CMOS Reset Jumper setting, reset the CMOS and
set up the stuff in the CMOS, we have has this happen b4, we tried alot of
different things in the bios, nothing worked till we reseted the BIOS, give
that a try or try another new m/b

Cheers



JP wrote in message ...
>Bad/disabled L2 cache, disks in MS-DOS compatibility mode come to mind.
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>Chris Burrell wrote in message <754tn5$2nm$1@newsource.ihug.co.nz>...
>>Hey all...
>>
>>Well, my comp's pretty f***ed up a the mo, so i htought I'd tryand get
some
>>help. Ive already taken it into the local computer store and they, being
>the
>>hick town airheads they are, not only couldn't fix it, but tried to charge
>>me twice for **not** fixing it. sheesh. Anyways, heres what happened:
>>
>>the machine is a Intel pentium 200 MMX, with 64 megs SDram, with a 430tx
>>motherboard. 32bit yamaha soundcard, dynalink 33.6k modem, realtek NE2000
>>network card 4mb S3 Virge video card,
>>Mitsumi 24X CDROM, 4.3GB HDD (Bigfoot? One of those big crappy 5 1/4"
>ones).
>>
>>I used to have a Gig dedicated to linux, which I used for  programming
>while
>>at Uni. When term broke up I decided to delete it to give me more room for
>>other stuff. Backed up all my files, then stuffed up by forgetting to use
>>the linux partition program to wipe the partition, instead using fdisk.
>Comp
>>started running **slow** like, not even able to handle an mp3 (only
>>buffering 2.3 secs) when it used to handle an mp3 (8.6 secs buffered) AND
>>carmageddon.
>>
>>thought, oh, ok, win98 (had the beta back then) needs to be reinstalled,
so
>>reinstalled win98. No change. tried installing win95 (a very old version -
>>didn't even have USB support). no help there. borrowed friends brand new
>>win98 and installed that. nada. zip. zilch. Thought "It must be the HDD",
>so
>>went to foremention hick store and got them to completely wipe the HDD
>(boot
>>sector and all) Partititoned it,  formatted it, reinstalled new win98.
>Still
>>runs slows. "hmm" methinks "could be the cards". So, out come the cards,
>>trashed them in the system properties. restarted - nothing. reinstalled
>>win98 (glutton for punishemnt huh?). nothing. still slow as a one legged
>>dog. Put cards back in one by one(even in different orders) co
improvement.
>>
>>Took hte machine into the hick store again. they reset the CMOS settings.
>>nothing. played around and did other stuff. nothing.  I've now got it so
>>that it can limp along (can handle an mp3 with 1.8 secs buffered). Still
>>very slow - estimate performance at about 484 DMX4 100 with maybe 16 megs
>>ram. Its that bad. I have run out of ideas. I've tried different drivers.
>>everything. Has anybody else heard of anything like this? please let me
>know
>>if you know a fix - I would be SOOOOOOO grateful.
>>
>>please please please please please please please please! thanks.
>>
>>
>>Monty.
>>
>>ps, interestingly, I can no longer run ICQ NEt detect in the background.
>>ideas?
>>
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