Greetings, Stan, et. al.--
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From: Stan Bialowas <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] Hard disk running a lot
>I run into this problem as well. Win95,GatewayP5-166XL,2 yrs old.Originally
>16MB RAM.
>Netscape 4.04. I just added 64MB RAM to bring it to 80MB. I press shift key
>on startup to prevent PCCillin95, & Cleansweep from loading, but I let
>FirstAid98Deluxe crash protector
>run in the background.
>I frequently have to unfreeze with FirstAid98. It works the first time
>about 80% of the time, but if it continues to freeze up a second or third
>time the success rate drops quickly to zero. Then I have to press reset to
>reboot.
>
>I was hoping the extra RAM would have helped more than it has. Maybe I did
>not install correctly? Anyone have a freeware program to download that will
>check if the extra 64MB is working? My startup screen still shows 16MB of
>RAM, but the tech service at Crucial told
>me the BIOS does not update,
If you have the manual for your motherboard, check to see if
jumpers need to be moved to allow the board to recognize the
additional RAM. I had such a board, and even though the manual
indicated that jumpers needed to be repositioned, it was still a
trial and error operation to get them positioned to recognize
the additional SIMMS. The jumpers activated or deactivated
memory banks. Just a thought . . . HTH
>I last reloaded all of my software in Oct 97. (after screwing up my system
>with an unsuccessfull
>partitioning attempt with Partition Magic to free up space, it was my error
>& I have no
>backup system) It was very fast right after formatting & reloading win95,
>but as I filled the drive with all the PCCillin, First Aid, & Quarterdeck
>Cleansweep software, it got too slow running these in the background.
I would imagine it would. IMHO, these utes should only be run
when needed, and not take up system resources unnecessarily.
Good luck,
Paul A. Shippert [log in to unmask] Library/Media Specialist
Margaret Brent Middle School
web: http://www.smcps.k12.md.us/mbms/index.htm
Phone: 301-884-4635 FAX: 301-884-8937
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