Re: [PLUG] Memory hardware questions

[Paul <paul@dpagin.net>]

Oh, yeah.  Maybe an add-on ATA133 controller and a compatible drive 
would make a difference.  I upgraded my father's PC from a Pentium 
233MHz to a Duron 1.2GHz.  Although it has other problems with corrupt 
software and all, I think it is still slow because the 2.5G drive is 
from a pre-ATA33 generation.  I see and hear a lot of drive activity. 
I'm going to pop in a 20G, ATA100, 7200 rpm drive.  That and a fresh OS 
install.  I have no doubt that the system will become significantly quicker.

That reminds me.  In Window$, defragging the swap file will make a big 
difference.  I always make a partition to move the swap file to, either 
temporarily while defragging, or permanently so the swap file will not 
get fragmented to begin with.

Also, I posted an article about upgrading the CPU.  It's possible to 
upgrade the Pentium 75 to an AMD K6-2 400MHz CPU.  I don't know if it 
would be worth the cost or trouble, but it can be done.

In any case, the RAM upgrade and some software tweaks should notably 
improve responsiveness.


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