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Working on an old Dell computer--P75, 32MB RAM...It takes forever to load anything. It took all night to install Win95...IE4 has taken over 2 hours to install, and it's still not done...no errors, just slow....hard drive LED flashes once every ten seconds or so....Any ideas what is wrong? I've never seen any computer this slow. Thanks in advance. Bill |
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In its defense it IS a 75 /w 32m although those speed are tediously slow. HD is the original ..850 meg or so?
"Bill Eversole" wrote in message ... Hi, Working on an old Dell computer--P75, 32MB RAM...It takes forever to load anything. It took all night to install Win95...IE4 has taken over 2 hours to install, and it's still not done...no errors, just slow....hard drive LED flashes once every ten seconds or so....Any ideas what is wrong? I've never seen any computer this slow. Thanks in advance. Bill |
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Bill Eversole wrote:
Hi, Working on an old Dell computer--P75, 32MB RAM...It takes forever to load anything. It took all night to install Win95...IE4 has taken over 2 hours to install, and it's still not done...no errors, just slow....hard drive LED flashes once every ten seconds or so....Any ideas what is wrong? I've never seen any computer this slow. Thanks in advance. Bill You should have been able to figure that out after you typed in the word "old" -- Are you registered as a bone marrow donor? You regenerate what you donate. You are offered the chance to donate only if you match a person on the recipient list. Visit www.marrow.org or call your local Red Cross and ask about registering to be a bone marrow donor. spam trap: replace shyah_right! with hotmail when replying |
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"Bill Eversole" wrote in message ...
Hi, Working on an old Dell computer--P75, 32MB RAM...It takes forever to load anything. It took all night to install Win95...IE4 has taken over 2 hours to install, and it's still not done...no errors, just slow....hard drive LED flashes once every ten seconds or so....Any ideas what is wrong? I've never seen any computer this slow. Thanks in advance. Bill Win95 should be fine on that spec. I'd try resetting the BIOS to make sure nothing screwy has been entered into there (like turning off the cache). Try a memory test (www.simmtester.com) and try a different HDD if poss. -- AZC --- *** Three steps to computer security: *** 1. Patch your system with all updates available from WindowsUpdate: http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com 2. Install or enable a firewall. One's included with Windows XP, or better, get ZoneAlarm Basic Free from http://www.zonelabs.com 3. Update your antivirus software and do a complete scan of your computer. If you do not have antivirus software, AVG 6 is available free from http://www.grisoft.com Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.515 / Virus Database: 313 - Release Date: 01/09/2003 |
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Hi, Working on an old Dell computer--P75, 32MB RAM...It takes forever to load anything. It took all night to install Win95...IE4 has taken over 2 hours to install, and it's still not done...no errors, just slow....hard drive LED flashes once every ten seconds or so....Any ideas what is wrong? I've never seen any computer this slow. Thanks in advance. It shouldn't have taken that long. Even on a 486 with 8MB of RAM Win95 only tooka couple of hours to install. Make sure that if it has a turbo button that it's pressed in otherwise its running at 8MHz, not 75.. The only other time I've seen this is on a hard drive with alot of corrupted sectors. Usually a FDISK sorts it out although I've had to resort to using the BIOS Low Level Format or the HDD manufacturers utilities to wipe the drive completely. -- ________________________ Conor Turton ICQ:31909763 ________________________ |
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Thanks for the suggestions.
The specs for this box should be ample to run Win95. Hey, I used to run Win95 on a 486DX2 50Mhz w/ 16 MB RAM every day for at least a year. It did a lot of hard drive thrashing...this one doesn't thrash at all...wish it did...maybe then it would get something done. ;-) Since my last post, I ghosted the hard drive over to another known good hard drive. It didn't help. Ran simmtester docmemory tester. It found no errors in 1-1/2 hours before I stopped it. Found directions for running onboard hardware test on Dell's web site. No errors except this one: PCI IDE interface error code A601 Failu Hard-disk subsystem failure Invalid jumper settings on PCI IDE interface chip Have no idea what jumper setting this message is referring to. There is no such jumper on the motherboard. My best guess is something is wrong with the IDE controller on the motherboard, and this box is ready for the dumpster. What do you think? Bill "Andrew Z Carpenter" wrote in message ... "Bill Eversole" wrote in message ... Hi, Working on an old Dell computer--P75, 32MB RAM...It takes forever to load anything. It took all night to install Win95...IE4 has taken over 2 hours to install, and it's still not done...no errors, just slow....hard drive LED flashes once every ten seconds or so....Any ideas what is wrong? I've never seen any computer this slow. Thanks in advance. Bill Win95 should be fine on that spec. I'd try resetting the BIOS to make sure nothing screwy has been entered into there (like turning off the cache). Try a memory test (www.simmtester.com) and try a different HDD if poss. -- AZC --- *** Three steps to computer security: *** 1. Patch your system with all updates available from WindowsUpdate: http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com 2. Install or enable a firewall. One's included with Windows XP, or better, get ZoneAlarm Basic Free from http://www.zonelabs.com 3. Update your antivirus software and do a complete scan of your computer. If you do not have antivirus software, AVG 6 is available free from http://www.grisoft.com Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.515 / Virus Database: 313 - Release Date: 01/09/2003 |
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what have you set the jumper on the hD to? tried different cables?
"Bill Eversole" wrote in message ... Thanks for the suggestions. The specs for this box should be ample to run Win95. Hey, I used to run Win95 on a 486DX2 50Mhz w/ 16 MB RAM every day for at least a year. It did a lot of hard drive thrashing...this one doesn't thrash at all...wish it did...maybe then it would get something done. ;-) Since my last post, I ghosted the hard drive over to another known good hard drive. It didn't help. Ran simmtester docmemory tester. It found no errors in 1-1/2 hours before I stopped it. Found directions for running onboard hardware test on Dell's web site. No errors except this one: PCI IDE interface error code A601 Failu Hard-disk subsystem failure Invalid jumper settings on PCI IDE interface chip Have no idea what jumper setting this message is referring to. There is no such jumper on the motherboard. My best guess is something is wrong with the IDE controller on the motherboard, and this box is ready for the dumpster. What do you think? Bill "Andrew Z Carpenter" wrote in message ... "Bill Eversole" wrote in message ... Hi, Working on an old Dell computer--P75, 32MB RAM...It takes forever to load anything. It took all night to install Win95...IE4 has taken over 2 hours to install, and it's still not done...no errors, just slow....hard drive LED flashes once every ten seconds or so....Any ideas what is wrong? I've never seen any computer this slow. Thanks in advance. Bill Win95 should be fine on that spec. I'd try resetting the BIOS to make sure nothing screwy has been entered into there (like turning off the cache). Try a memory test (www.simmtester.com) and try a different HDD if poss. -- AZC --- *** Three steps to computer security: *** 1. Patch your system with all updates available from WindowsUpdate: http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com 2. Install or enable a firewall. One's included with Windows XP, or better, get ZoneAlarm Basic Free from http://www.zonelabs.com 3. Update your antivirus software and do a complete scan of your computer. If you do not have antivirus software, AVG 6 is available free from http://www.grisoft.com Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.515 / Virus Database: 313 - Release Date: 01/09/2003 |
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The jumper on the hard drive that I am trying now is set for "cable
select." CMOS wouldn't pick it up jumpered as master. The original hard drive was jumpered as "master"--same problems. Have not tried a different cable. Bill "JAD" wrote in message nk.net... what have you set the jumper on the hD to? tried different cables? "Bill Eversole" wrote in message ... Thanks for the suggestions. The specs for this box should be ample to run Win95. Hey, I used to run Win95 on a 486DX2 50Mhz w/ 16 MB RAM every day for at least a year. It did a lot of hard drive thrashing...this one doesn't thrash at all...wish it did...maybe then it would get something done. ;-) Since my last post, I ghosted the hard drive over to another known good hard drive. It didn't help. Ran simmtester docmemory tester. It found no errors in 1-1/2 hours before I stopped it. Found directions for running onboard hardware test on Dell's web site. No errors except this one: PCI IDE interface error code A601 Failu Hard-disk subsystem failure Invalid jumper settings on PCI IDE interface chip Have no idea what jumper setting this message is referring to. There is no such jumper on the motherboard. My best guess is something is wrong with the IDE controller on the motherboard, and this box is ready for the dumpster. What do you think? Bill "Andrew Z Carpenter" wrote in message ... "Bill Eversole" wrote in message ... Hi, Working on an old Dell computer--P75, 32MB RAM...It takes forever to load anything. It took all night to install Win95...IE4 has taken over 2 hours to install, and it's still not done...no errors, just slow....hard drive LED flashes once every ten seconds or so....Any ideas what is wrong? I've never seen any computer this slow. Thanks in advance. Bill Win95 should be fine on that spec. I'd try resetting the BIOS to make sure nothing screwy has been entered into there (like turning off the cache). Try a memory test (www.simmtester.com) and try a different HDD if poss. -- AZC --- *** Three steps to computer security: *** 1. Patch your system with all updates available from WindowsUpdate: http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com 2. Install or enable a firewall. One's included with Windows XP, or better, get ZoneAlarm Basic Free from http://www.zonelabs.com 3. Update your antivirus software and do a complete scan of your computer. If you do not have antivirus software, AVG 6 is available free from http://www.grisoft.com Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.515 / Virus Database: 313 - Release Date: 01/09/2003 |
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In article , says...
The jumper on the hard drive that I am trying now is set for "cable select." CMOS wouldn't pick it up jumpered as master. The original hard drive was jumpered as "master"--same problems. Have not tried a different cable. If it's an IDE cable with two connectors try the second. It could actually e that you're using a drive set as CS on a non CS ribbon cable. -- ________________________ Conor Turton ICQ:31909763 ________________________ |
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