Thanks for the hint Michele . I did not mention that in my post but yes, I
suggested increasing the RAM too. As far as I know, the ASUS X series mobo
accepts 3 Gig RAM max. So far I have not receive any call back yet from my
customer. I don't know if it spolved the problem or not but I'll drop you a
line as soon as I hear from them.
As far as your story on CD burning, I have a AMD Duron 750MHz, 128 MB
Win98s/e too that I use for CD burning every now & then but I do not reboot
everytime. Whenever I use this system for CD burning, I always make sure
that the system is taken off the network, all memory resident programs are
off (screen saver, antivirus, spybot, za, scheduler, etc.) and I would make
sure that my start up file is at it's leanest (bare minimum.) One fact
though... CD burning on this system is painfully, veeerrry slow!!! Of
course, this is understandable, ;-)
Take care and thanks for your time,
Emie DelRosario
----- Original Message -----
From: "m_sayer_" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] USB Printer vs USB Joystick
> Hi Emie, this is purely a guess, but I'm wondering if your suggestion to
> reboot the pc after gaming playing for an hour or two which solves it,
could
> mean that it is a memory issue?
> I use a p2 system for burning, with only 128mb ram, and I have to reboot
it
> in between burning each disk or it will only burn halfway through the next
> one and I end up with a wasted cd. If I do that, it's fine.
> In my case, it's a memory issue, but I'm sure gaming would use alot of
ram,
> wouldn't it? This might not be the case with your customer, but worth
> considering I think.
> I used to use a small free program called Rambooster which cleared alot of
> the ram for me and so I didn't have to restart everytime, but I don't have
> it installed now, and I don't mind restarting. Like I said, this may not
be
> your problem at all though.
> HTH
> Michele Sayer
>
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