Why would you suggest he buy more RAM? He said he has 256 MB RAM. That is
really enough. Maybe there is some trashed OS component, and doing a clean
install of the OS is less trouble that buying a whole new machine. And it
doesn't cost anything besides time. But after you've been doing it 10+
years, it doesn't take that much time. AND, it's a good way to clean off all
that crap that piles up on the drive. Just make a backup in case you forget
you really needed some obscure file.
Tony
> -----Original Message-----
> From: van de Werken, Matthew (DEM, PH)
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 5:57 PM
> To: 'Protel EDA Forum'
> Subject: Re: [PEDA] Computer Shopping
>
>
> I'd suggest to go out and buy more RAM, then upgrade to Win2K,
> and only then
> if you're still experiencing lockups to look at buying a new system.
>
> I have a PIII-550, 256MB RAM, ATI Rage PRO graphics (so not anywhere near
> what you'd consider a monster system), running 99SE SP6, and very very
> rarely get a lockup or crash (even with the ATI graphics card...). The
> difference I'd say would be that I'm running NT4 rather than
> Win9X in any of
> its variants. If you're serious about running a CAD system, I'd
> say upgrade
> your OS to a "workstation" OS, rather than what I'd consider a
> "playstation"
> OS.
>
> If you are really hell-bent on buying a new system (and why not?), I'd
> suggest a dual processor PIII-933 with around 512MB of RAM and
> lots of disk.
> Graphics card isn't all that important - Protel doesn't even come close to
> taxing any modern graphics card. Most modern cards are designed for games,
> the modern incarnations of which are much more hardware-intensive than
> Protel ever will be.
>
> Cheers,
> MvdW
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Joel Hammer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, 30 May 2001 7:58
> > To: 'Protel EDA Forum'
> > Subject: [PEDA] Computer Shopping
> >
> >
> > I am in the market for a new design station. The machine I am
> > currently
> > using is a 933 P3, 256 RAM, 128 MEG G Force2 video card,
> > running Win98SE. I
> > have had a significant number of lock-ups while using 99SE with this
> > machine. Any and all suggestions are welcome.
> >
> > Joel L. Hammer
> > PCB Design / AutoCad Specialist
> > E2 Enterprises Inc.
> > 636.949.9101 Ext. 26
> > www.e2enterprises.com
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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