Been with my exp, I would say it's a mobo problem.  However, you should
remove the modem and try again, just ot make sure the modem isn't making any
troubles.  (you won't believe how many times I saw PCI cards, eg NIC or
sound card that cause NO POST, and many other strange problems).

Jun Qian

----- Original Message -----
From: "Warren Ellard" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 3:31 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] SLOW SYSTEM PERFORMANCE


> Hi there,
>
>       I have built approximately 40 units for a nearby school and I am
trying to set up Windows Me on the last one. When I try setting up Windows
the system seems to take forever to do anything. It is so slow to respond
that the windows progress meter says Time Remaining: 283 minutes. It
wouldn't take that long on an old 486. I have used the Western Digital
Utility to test the HDD, and it passes every test with flying colors. What
else should I be looking for? Also, is there any really great Utility
program for trouble shooting these things when there is no OS installed? The
system will start installing the OS, but again, it is taking forever. All of
the other 39 machines took only minutes.

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