Re: Is my computer under spec?

2004-11-02 Thread luke
> I've managed to use PC133 ram in an older system with no problems, > except I couldn't mix'n'match with the PC100 ram that was already in > there as it caused some interesting instabilities. pc133 will clock down with no instability if both chips are of decent manufacture(kingston, micron, samsu

Re: Is my computer under spec?

2004-11-01 Thread Tim Aslat
In the immortal words of "R. W." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > It depends on the memory, it's probably PC100 or PC133. PC133 is > still widely available and an extra 256MB would make a considerable > difference. I have a 700MHz P3 with 512 MB, and it's fine for > ordinary desktop use. > > PC100 i

Re: Is my computer under spec?

2004-11-01 Thread R. W.
On Monday 01 November 2004 13:33, Henry Miller wrote: > You can add more ram, but considering the age of that system it > really isn't worth the cost. I don't know what that system takes, > but in many cases old RAM isn't made anymore, so when you can buy it > (supply and demand) you pay far mo

Re: Is my computer under spec?

2004-11-01 Thread Henry Miller
>On Mon, 2004-11-01 at 00:35, Loren M. Lang wrote: >> I have been having performance problems with my computer for months, >> ever since I did a fresh install of freebsd 5.2.1. I thought the >> situation might change after debugging was turned off in RELENG_5 so I >> upgraded a couple weeks ago t

Re: Is my computer under spec?

2004-10-31 Thread Jeremy Faulkner
On Mon, 2004-11-01 at 00:35, Loren M. Lang wrote: > I have been having performance problems with my computer for months, > ever since I did a fresh install of freebsd 5.2.1. I thought the > situation might change after debugging was turned off in RELENG_5 so I > upgraded a couple weeks ago to 5.3-

Re: Is my computer under spec?

2004-10-31 Thread Tim Aslat
In the immortal words of "Loren M. Lang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > I have been having performance problems with my computer for months, > ever since I did a fresh install of freebsd 5.2.1. I thought the > situation might change after debugging was turned off in RELENG_5 so I > upgraded a couple wee

Is my computer under spec?

2004-10-31 Thread Loren M. Lang
I have been having performance problems with my computer for months, ever since I did a fresh install of freebsd 5.2.1. I thought the situation might change after debugging was turned off in RELENG_5 so I upgraded a couple weeks ago to 5.3-BETA7, but only saw slight improvements. I'm running Xorg