Recent content by larryj133

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    Does Windows XP lose any sort of performance when not rebooting for a long period of time?

    For most applications I don't notice any performance degredation. However, when I play Madden 2003 I get a poor framerate (jerky player animations) if I don't reboot. Not sure why Madden is affected.
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    Windows XP PRO Disc boot failure??

    Mine is a P4P800E-deluxe. I have both an IDE and a SATA hard drive installed. Windows is on the SATA drive. When I cold boot the BIOS does not detect the IDE drive unless I go into the BIOS. When it does detect the IDE drive it automatically puts it into the first drive slot so I get the...
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    Windows XP PRO Disc boot failure??

    I am having a similar problem on an Asus motherboard with both IDE and SATA. Asus support has suggested that the bios chip on the motherboard needs to be reflashed/replaced. I just got their reply so I don't know if it fixes the problem. Might be worth a try with your problem, a new chip is...
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    Performance-oriented Windows tweaking

    Wow, this thread degenerated pretty badly. While I appreciate attempts like this to verify performance gains from his tweaks, I personally liked blackviper's site and found it very useful. The main reason I used his site was that is gave a well organized list and description of...