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    serial ATA HDD instal

    I am trying to install a new WD Caviar 120 SATA hard drive in a new AMD 2800+ xp system with a Promise FastTrack 376 controller. There is only one HDD in the system. I have an instalation CD supplied by Promise which has the driver but Windows XP also wants a file called...
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    CPU USAGE 70% 933 PENT 3 512 MB RAM

    I have been trying to get my cpu usage down by adding memory and changeing the settings in my virtual memory and vcache. The current settings are 170 (max& min) virtual memory and 262144 ( max and min)vcache. I have looked for info on this but have not found much. Suggestions?! The computer...
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    Can't Enter Setup When Booting

    When I try to enter the setup when booting, the computer asks for the current user password. There is not any current password. (I was trying to get rid of passwords so I would not have to keep entering them.) When I rebooted and went into the setup the user password was highlighted so I...
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    Can't Enter Setup When Booting

    Is there a way to eliminate all passwords and start fresh with no passwords? I can not enter Setup when booting. The computer asks for current user password and there is none. I have a supervisor password in the setup but it is not accepted.
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    Can't Enter Setup When Booting

    I am trying to set my computer up so I will not have to keep entering passwords. I entered a supervisor password in the Setup when booting the machine. Now I cannot enter the setup. The computer askes for the CurrentUser password but won't accept any I put in. Any ideas? I was going to...
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    DMA BUFFER SETTING

    I have looked through all my computer books and can not find anything on DMA Buffer settings. I put 512 mb ECC memory in my computer and have been making changes to my vcache and virtual memory settings in order to get all my memory to work. Is this DMA Buffer setting something I should be...
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    L2 CACHE

    Norton System Works says I have no L2 cache (L2 cache = 0). I have 933 Pent III with 256 L2 cache installed. Does anyone know a way I can check my cache? TIA

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