The importance of configuration

heh
so true.

if i was there i would
A. cannabalise his PC and replace most of it with old parts

or if i was in a good mood,
B. check to see if DMA is enabled all round, install mobo drivers, remove as many dumbass apps from startup as possible, then do a big defrag

The lack of thermal protection on Athlon's is cunning way to stop morons from using AMD.

Follow the clicks. At the end of the journey you'll know what's wrong with your friend's new computer.
Most likely you will be downloading a few WinXP optimized drivers, reformatting the hard drive and reinstalling WinXP.

Left click on start button.
Left click on Control Panel.
Double left click on Administrative Tools.
Double left click on Event Viewer.
Left click on System in the explorer tree on the left.

In the right window there will be a list of operations check to see if there are any hardware errors or warnings.
Most likely there will be a few errors for IDE configuration.

<font color=red><i>Happy Canuck</i>!</font color=red> ' '

surely there is problem with almost everything, check BIOS configuration, improper installation, improper or bad drivers and that too installed in a incorrect order, especially a bad IDE driver surely.

add to that a crappy board and overall extremely unoptimised system.

its difficult to believe a system of such caliber can perform so badly. of course, setting up the software right can only salvage half of it, rest is all about real good hardware. you got to have that in the first place.

BTW what make is that KT266A board?

<font color=red>Nothing is fool-proof. Fools are Ingenious!</font color=red>

HA!
you wuss!!!!

ive got a beefy 56k modem too... and i downloaded the entire win2k service pack 2!
thats 100Mb of goodness!

but as for option A, pillage his good stuff, then claim that "performance is overrated" and "drivers are unoptimised", then see how far u can get home before u notice him chasing you!
LOL

The lack of thermal protection on Athlon's is cunning way to stop morons from using AMD.

An hour and a half you could have spent doing something else.

How many of you watch your computer download something - Isn't it brilliant watching a novice stare at the screen for hours cos they don't know you can run it in the back ground.

<font color=purple><b>Techie2001</font color=purple></b>
<i>(Crazy Alien)</i>
If it ain't broke, Don't fix it.

did it involve porn......

<font color=purple><b>Techie2001</font color=purple></b>
<i>(Crazy Alien)</i>
If it ain't broke, Don't fix it.

AT YOUR PARENTS HOUSE??????!!!!!!

Oh tell me - not in their bed. Oh how could you.

<font color=purple><b>Techie2001</font color=purple></b>
<i>(Crazy Alien)</i>
If it ain't broke, Don't fix it.

Their is a guest bedroom.

<b><font color=green>Lizards</b></font color=green> for <b>THGC</b> Mascot!!!

Sweet Jesus, 100MB on a 56K?! What's wrong w/ staring something download- I do it cause my DSL is so fast it takes only 15- 20 mins on a 650MB file!

Only if you let me see the Umpa Lumpa- Homer Simpson.

what kinda man are u... u gotta boast!

The lack of thermal protection on Athlon's is cunning way to stop morons from using AMD.

Tell me and my 80 gigs about it


<b><font color=green>Lizards</b></font color=green> for <b>THGC</b> Mascot!!!

I recently had my bandwidth castrated from a cable modem to a 56k. This is after three straight years of broadband. In a three month period (DSL or Cable wasn't available yet) I was still able to manage all of my downloads. I never got over 4.7.

I downloaded the Free Baldurs Gate II expansion 'The Darkest Day' on a 56k modem. 266MB!! Just leave the sucker running overnight and set it up to auto connect when you get disconnected.

The one thing I stopped doing during that period was web surfing and posting on this forum, you cant believe how slow these pages load on a 56k.



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