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System freeze
I just purchases a P4 1.3g dimemsion 8100 computer and have been experiencing a lot of problems. It performs slower than my XPT 500.
1. The computer takes a long time to run after its been turned on. I tried turning off the norton antivirus and other programs in the start menu, but it is still slower than my old dimension XPT P3 500.
2. the computer often freezes when I open more than one windows. I can't reboot the computer just by pushing the reset button or ctrl alt delete, but instead i have to hold the power button for a few seconds.
What should I do? return the computer or upgrade the hard dirve
1. The computer takes a long time to run after its been turned on. I tried turning off the norton antivirus and other programs in the start menu, but it is still slower than my old dimension XPT P3 500.
2. the computer often freezes when I open more than one windows. I can't reboot the computer just by pushing the reset button or ctrl alt delete, but instead i have to hold the power button for a few seconds.
What should I do? return the computer or upgrade the hard dirve
- also if you do have the usb mouse go into control panel , system , device manager , mouse , click on Logitech-compatible mouse PS/2 once to highlight it , then click properties and check disable in this hardware profile.This will speed up the boot up time tremendously.I guess the computer spends time searching for a PS/2 mouse at bootup.I asume you have win ME. I don't know if this works for other operating systems.
gargoyle13
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Posted March 22nd, 2001 05:00
On 8100 models it does not matter WHERE the USB mouse is plugged into......the USB emulation in the BIOS MUST be turned off, regardless if you are using a USB mouse or not. Or else, the startup will go on and on until it times itself out, usually around 2 minutes. Once USB emulation is turned off, startup should dramatically improve speed-wise. For some reason, USB mice and keyboards have a conflict with these systems. Hope this helps, it's at least worth a shot.
;-)
joecapp
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Posted March 20th, 2001 22:00
I also have problems restarting with ctrl-alt-del and there are some issues about Windows ME and shutdown that I am looking into. I haven't figured it out yet but hopefully someone here can point us in the right direction.