far :)
-Larry
-Larry
> -Larry
iksteh
Go to each of the hardware manufacturer's web sites and download the latest
drivers for such items as sound, graphics, motherboard, and even check for a
BIOS update. Do one change at a time, and run with it for a few hours
before adding another driver.
Windows XP is much more demanding of hardware, and needs to have drivers
which are different than those which ran perfectly fine with Win98SE.
If, after updating a driver, things aren't running as well as before, you
can always use Roll Back Driver in Device Manager to revert to the previous
good position.
--
Chris H.
Microsoft MVP - Windows XP
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> You helped fix a few probs i have had over the last few months so i am
> chheky enough to ask if you can help in this matter :)
> Parents had stable Win 98SE machine but after seeing my brothers XP HE
> machine wanted to upgrade.
> So we formatted and installed XP HE.
> Added their apps and programs and went home leaving them enjoying the
> new set up.
> They switched off for the night and went bed.
> Next day they tried to start the machine and it didnt respond,they
> tried everything and it wasn't until a swap of wall socket that it
> fired up.
> Dodgy wall socket you might say...!!
> To cut a long story very short,this has been going on for 2 weeks,i
> visit switch switches,change sockets etc etc and then suddenly it
> fires up....runs sweetly until switched off .
> 1st thing i noticed is that it dont just switch off as it used to,it
> needs the off button to be held for 3/4 secs...weird.
> So i just got a phone call from my parents and the
> neighbour(Electrician/PC DIYman) said he suspects a worm is the
> problem.
> My initial suspicion is power supply.
> My second thought was is it just a coincidence that this all started
> after XP installation..??
> Any ideas,clues,directions to take on this matter would be very much
> appreciated.
> Andy
> Well, the ASUS P3B is famous for this, and it's not a ***motherboard by
> far :)
I miss the days when an ASUS P3B-F was all you needed to run just about
anything, will go down in history as one of the best MoBo's ever made, I
still have 2 PC's with that MoBo in them tucked away somewhere, one of
them is running a 133 FSB CPU at 150 FSB, not bad a for a BX board,
crunches numbers for UD 24/7
Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy
http://www.racesimcentral.net/
"A man is only as old as the woman he feels........"
--Groucho Marx--
I just never unplug it.
Since it's my Terminal Server and network monitor at home now, it never gets
turned off anyway.
-Larry
Mine has been up 24X7 for 3 years now I guess. I don't even bother looking
at the BIOS version any more becuase it just works.
-Larry
> > Well, the ASUS P3B is famous for this, and it's not a ***motherboard
by
> > far :)
> <sniff sniff>
> I miss the days when an ASUS P3B-F was all you needed to run just about
> anything, will go down in history as one of the best MoBo's ever made, I
> still have 2 PC's with that MoBo in them tucked away somewhere, one of
> them is running a 133 FSB CPU at 150 FSB, not bad a for a BX board,
> crunches numbers for UD 24/7
> Beers and cheers
> (uncle) Goy
> http://www.racesimcentral.net/
> "A man is only as old as the woman he feels........"
> --Groucho Marx--
> There's a certain comfort and dependability in an old BX based P3B-F with a
> Pentium III in it, isn't there :)
> Mine has been up 24X7 for 3 years now I guess. I don't even bother looking
> at the BIOS version any more becuase it just works.
Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy
http://www.theuspits.com
"A man is only as old as the woman he feels........"
--Groucho Marx--