At 02:18 PM 9/14/98 , Mike Buraczewski wrote:
>Hi to all
>
>I just put together a PII 333 machine, it seems to be very slow.  Here are
>the components on the machine:
>
>Gigabyte GA-686BX mobo
>Intel PII 333 processor
>64 meg SDRAM (100 mhz) to coincide with BX chipset
>Samsung 6.4 GB UltraIDE HDD
>Tekram [US Drives] 32X CDrom
>Win95 ver 2.5
>IE 4.0
>HP 5100 Parallel Port Scanner
>SIIG PCI Parallel Port
>SupraMax v.90 fax/modem
>Samsung 17" 7e monitor
>
>Is there any reason that anyone can think of that this system should take
>several seconds to open control panel, or to start MS Word.  My brother
>tested this machine against his P166 machine, and loading Word takes more
>than twice as long to open the program


Well, let me join in on this thread.   My first thought is that you have a problem
with your hard drive drivers.   Have you checked in your Control Panel /
System / Performance  tab to verify if the system is using the drivers properly?

I have seen instances where the drivers look right in your Device Manager and
are showing in the Performance area as running improperly.   If this is the case,
you will need to reload the drivers or find the right drivers for the motherboard.

You should verify that you have proper drivers for all your hardware.

I have not used this motherboard, but one problem I have seen is loading
the UDMA drivers for your hard drive controller vs. the PIO drivers.   Generally,
the UDMA drivers can cause conflicts and slow the system.  I always load the
PIO mode drivers, expecially for the BX chipset motherboards...   to date I
have only worked with the Tyan Tiger 100 and ASUS PB2  PentiumII
motherboards.

If these are not helpful...  you might consider the amount of software you have
loaded.   Remember that the standard issues of too many Fonts, too many Icons
and too many comments written into the Registry will slow down any system.

This is a difficult one to help diagnosis...  but, I hope some of these ideas are
helpful.



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