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Archstreet
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May 29th, 2006 20:00
PC running status
Hi,
I have recently re-vamped my Dim 3000 to 2gb RAM and added an extra hardrive and DVD Drive.
Is there a systems check that i can run to ensure that the PC is running at optimum speed etc? I have read a note from Dell saying that if the memory cards are not installed in pairs then the PC may just run at the speed of one? Mine were installed at seperate times but were both aquired from Dell.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks
Scott
Archstreet
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Posted May 29th, 2006 20:00
Hi,
Yes i believe both of the memory cards are the same, both 1gb and were purchased for using on the DIM 3000. However i dont think my PC is running as fast as it should.
Internet pages still take a few seconds longer then they should to load and opening some applications take longer then they should as well.......
Scott
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Posted May 29th, 2006 21:00
Thanks.Could you walk me through the 2 checks that you stated?That way i can ensure they are correct and eliminate the problems.ThanksScott- Ok, that's not good. There could be several issues involved in causing the system to be generally slow. The most likely would be too much junk running on start-up or in the background. Another possible culprit would be your system drive not running in DMA mode, which you can check in device manager under IDE controllers.
Apart from those, you might want to stop by the system tune-ups forum for further advice. - How to use MSCONFIG
List of startup programs
DMA Mode for ATA/ATAPI Devices in Windows XP
These articles have all the information you need. HTH! Archstreet
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Posted May 30th, 2006 12:00
Great, i'll try that.
I also posted another thread about a removable disk showing on my computer that i cannot trace, do you know how i can get rid of this?
Thanks
Scott
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