tannis zamora wrote:

> Hi again,
>
> I ran the diagnostics utility and I have several warnings.  I need some help in
> heeding the warnings so I turn to you guys.  I have no idea what to do.  Thank
> you for any of your help.  First warning
>
> "Warning:  PCI latency too high.  Device could hog the bus for too long."
>
> How do I lower the latency and what do I lower it to?

The latency is set in the BIOS, best thing to do is set it to "setup defaults" that
way the motherboard will set the latency to the boards specification.

> I have 3 of these warnings all pertaining to the following
>
> Intel Corp 82443BX/ZX 44OBX/ZX CPU TO Bridge (AGP Implemented)
>
> Intel Corp 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 EIDE Controller
>
> Intel Corp 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB controller

For this you should run the "Intel' Chipset Software Installation Utility". It's
not at their website now but I uploaded it for you (and anyone else that wants it)
and you can get it here,  http://home.earthlink.net/~josed/storage/   It's the file
called Disk1.zip

> Next Warning
>
> "STB Velocity 128 : Font smoothing reduces video performance.
>
> What do I do here?

Ignore it, the performance loss is only noticed in bench marking utilities or
diagnostic software. You should always have the latest drivers for all your devices
though.

> Next warning.
>
> Hard disk (C:)  Large cluster sizes waste disk space
> Break drive into smaller partitions or use FAT32
>
> How do I do this?

FAT32 would be a good idea but if you're not running out of disk don't loose any
sleep over it. To change the FAT without formatting and reinstalling the OS you
would need partition Magic.

HTH,

Jose

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