Recent content by george3761

Already done that.

The benchmark tests i ran show my HD is running about 2 mb per second on uncached speed. The reference should be around 4 mb per second. I've ran Scandisc & defrag: no help. DMA is checked & I've ran various Cachman settings with little change.

On a # of tests my hard drive speed for uncached speed is coming up at around 2mb/s and all the benchmarks say it should be at or over 4mb/s. Any ideas?

Thanks for the directions. Found it right there.

Where do i find which version of DirectX i have?

Using Tweakbios i reset my SDRAM CAS latency from 3 to 2 and the system locks. It's a Dell/BX440 motherboard P3 850 w/256mg RAM. The RAM is 128 from Dell & 128 from Crucial. Any ideas? Maybe the Dell RAM is CAS3?

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Is the blotch in a corner? You should have a degause button somewhere. Try turning the monitor off for about 15 minutes & power back up. On my Sony the degause function is in the menu under options. Good luck!!

Thanks for the info. Is it correct that if i install the ATA 100 card i will get the benefit (be it small) of the ATA 100?

I've got a BX board that's currently running an ATA 33 drive, i'm told by IBM their new ATA 100 is compatable but wnon't take advantage of the speed unless i get a ATA 100 PCI card. Is this good info?

How do i enable prefetch & posting??

Yeh, in the bios it reads DMA 2 and it's set to auto.

DMA is checked.

Service tag 17P1U. I got the slot chip for free (friend @ intel) so i would sure love to use it. Off to work.

I got a jump of about 250 points on the 3d2000 test. Also the stock chip had a heat sink only but the chip i bought had the fan & heatsink & the power lead for the fan. The mb has the connection for it. Got to go to work.