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- From: Chris \"Big-Kahuna\" Rampson <crampson@ford.com>
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- Subject: Re: Slow computer
- Date: 3 Jan 1996 13:57:53 GMT
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- bsterl@exis.net (Bruce Sterling) wrote:
- >I am having a problem with the speed of my computer in loading software.
- >I am running a 486DX 100 mhz machine with 8 megs of ram. I have a 345 mb
- >Maxtor hard drive with a search speed of 14 ms. The problem that I'm
- >having is the length of time that it takes to load software, particularly
- >Windows 3.1 and Netscape. It takes approximately 40 seconds to load
- >Windows and over 2 minutes to load Netscape. Also, when running the
- >Nascar game (with a boot disk) the car loses control on almost all tracks
- >going at speeds of 50 mph. This obviously sounds like something is
- >wrong, but I don't know what the problem could be. Could it be the
- >motherboard (AMI) which I purchased less than 6 months ago, or could it
- >possibly be the hard drive? The entire time that the software is
- >loading, the hard drive light is on and you can hear the drive running.
- >I would certainly appreciate any advise or opinions.
- >Thanks,
- >Bruce
- >
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