Thank you Bob for your response, one of only two or three that have actually
remained on topic.  Software loading is not an issue with this machine.

Can you explain to me how to tell if the PIO drivers are properly loaded and
functioning properly?  I always load the software that comes with the
motherboards, and am fairly certain that I did in this case, however it is
always possible that I overlooked them.

In response to John Chins question, I am using an ATI 3D Charger AGP card w/
4mb of ram.  This card uses the Rage II chipset.

Thanks again for all the help that this mailing list has provided over time.

Mike Buraczewski
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-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Wright <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, September 16, 1998 8:31 AM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] PII 333 is Slow...


|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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