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Slower boot up after ram upgrade -
11-20-2004
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Hello I recently upgraded my computer's (e machine)ram from 32 mb to 256 mb,the maximum for this machine . I am generally pleased with the improved performance . The only minor problem is in the slower boot up . I believe this is caused by the bios testing an increased amount of ram upon booting . Am I correct and is their anything that can be done to remdedy the situation ? Thank You Mason |
green for a long time, I recommend leaving them on forever. Set your
monitor and, maybe, other peripherals to suspend after a period of non-use,
and let your PC run. The power you'll waste is roughly equivalent to
leaving your porch lights on at night.
If you have spare CPU cycles, you may want to contribute them to something
useful, such as GIMPS (I currently have 8 copies of Prime95 running on the
7 PCs in my house). See: http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft.htm
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Cheers, Bob
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I recently upgraded my computer's (e machine)ram from 32 mb to 256 mb,the maximum for this machine . I am generally pleased with the improved performance . The only minor problem is in the slower boot up . I believe this is caused by the bios testing an increased amount of ram upon booting . Am I correct and is their anything that can be done to remdedy the situation ? |
called "Quick Power On Self Test" or something like that. It will
result in a faster memtest.
And it's not much of a test. If the comp runs Windows without
crashing, that's a much better test...
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On 20 Nov 2004 07:05:40 -0800, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems, allout22 (AT) hotmail (DOT) com (MASON) wrote: I recently upgraded my computer's (e machine)ram from 32 mb to 256 mb,the maximum for this machine . I am generally pleased with the improved performance . The only minor problem is in the slower boot up . I believe this is caused by the bios testing an increased amount of ram upon booting . Am I correct and is their anything that can be done to remdedy the situation ? Depending on what BIOS your computer has, you might find a setting called "Quick Power On Self Test" or something like that. It will result in a faster memtest. And it's not much of a test. If the comp runs Windows without crashing, that's a much better test... |
thanks Bob as I learned alot more than I knew before about prime numbers .
Regards Mason
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MASON wrote: Hello I recently upgraded my computer's (e machine)ram from 32 mb to 256 mb,the maximum for this machine . I am generally pleased with the improved performance . The only minor problem is in the slower boot up . I believe this is caused by the bios testing an increased amount of ram upon booting . Am I correct and is their anything that can be done to remdedy the situation ? Thank You Mason Stop rebooting so bloody often. Seriously -- since PCs have been pretty green for a long time, I recommend leaving them on forever. Set your monitor and, maybe, other peripherals to suspend after a period of non-use, and let your PC run. The power you'll waste is roughly equivalent to leaving your porch lights on at night. If you have spare CPU cycles, you may want to contribute them to something useful, such as GIMPS (I currently have 8 copies of Prime95 running on the 7 PCs in my house). See: http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft.htm -- Cheers, Bob |
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nice reply dont u just luv it when u get good advice like this jeez what a rpick |
a day, if that. My servers stay up for months at a time. The
time to reboot is irrelevant.
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"Bob Willard" <BobwBSGS (AT) TrashThis (DOT) comcast.net> wrote in message news:zAKnd.57373$V41.9572 (AT) attbi_s52 (DOT) .. MASON wrote: Hello I recently upgraded my computer's (e machine)ram from 32 mb to 256 mb,the maximum for this machine . I am generally pleased with the improved performance . The only minor problem is in the slower boot up . I believe this is caused by the bios testing an increased amount of ram upon booting . Am I correct and is their anything that can be done to remdedy the situation ? Thank You Mason Stop rebooting so bloody often. Seriously -- since PCs have been pretty green for a long time, I recommend leaving them on forever. Set your monitor and, maybe, other peripherals to suspend after a period of non-use, and let your PC run. The power you'll waste is roughly equivalent to leaving your porch lights on at night. If you have spare CPU cycles, you may want to contribute them to something useful, such as GIMPS (I currently have 8 copies of Prime95 running on the 7 PCs in my house). See: http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft.htm -- Cheers, Bob |
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