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- From: owen@olympus.arc.nasa.gov..arc.nasa.gov (Owen S. Nishioka)
- Subject: Re: Quadra 950 Freezes
- Message-ID: <1992Nov21.051123.6487@riacs.edu>
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- Organization: Nasa-Ames Research Center
- References: <77050002@hpsgl1.sgp.hp.com>
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 92 05:11:23 GMT
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- In article <77050002@hpsgl1.sgp.hp.com> jtang@hpsgl1.sgp.hp.com (Jerry TANG) writes:
- >Hi netters,
- >
- >I have a rather annoying problem with my Quadra 950. Somethimes when I am doing
- >something (actually anything at all), the systems freezes for a while and this
- >freeze could last anywhere from a few seconds to a few minutes. I couldn't for
- >the life of me figure out what is causing this. IT IS VERY ANNOYING !! Arrgh !
- >:-@
- >
- >Anybody have any idea what's going on ? Is it because of the O40 instruction
- >cache or is it because of the video card. Here is the current configuration of
- >my system.
- >
- Forgive me for giving such a bsic piece of advice, but by any chance are
- you running with virtual memory on? It will slow down the quadra (700
- and 900/950) to slower than cold molassess, especially if it is set high.
- For best results, just turn it off.
-
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