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Earthdog · 07-13-2002, 11:44 PM

If your computers are running slow try tweaking your BIOS.
Restart your comp and tap delete (or whatever gets you there, not all systems are alike) To get into BIOS.

Look for something called System Acceleration, or something to its equivilant. ENABLE it.

Find the line where it says:
Floppy drive seek on startup: DISABLE it.
This reduces boot up time by having one thing less for your BIOS to have to look for. Dont worry, your floppy will still be fine once you get into your OS. You'll also increase the life of the floppy because it wont have to turn every time you start your computer.

Graphics Aperture Size: should be equal to the amount of ram you have. Unless you have more than 256 meg of RAM. If you have more than 256 meg of RAM it should be at the highest setting, usually 256.

Never install a "plug and play" operating system. Disable this in BIOS. What happens is, if its set up as PnP (for short) BIOS has to handle/load ALL DRIVERS CARDS ect EVERY time you start your comp. Its MUCH faster to let Windows handle this function.

I hope that helps somebody at least a little. [img]smile.gif[/img]

07-13-2002, 11:44 PM	#10
Earthdog Emerald Dragon Join Date: May 1, 2001 Location: melbourne victoria australia Age: 60 Posts: 960	If your computers are running slow try tweaking your BIOS. Restart your comp and tap delete (or whatever gets you there, not all systems are alike) To get into BIOS. Look for something called System Acceleration, or something to its equivilant. ENABLE it. Find the line where it says: Floppy drive seek on startup: DISABLE it. This reduces boot up time by having one thing less for your BIOS to have to look for. Dont worry, your floppy will still be fine once you get into your OS. You'll also increase the life of the floppy because it wont have to turn every time you start your computer. Graphics Aperture Size: should be equal to the amount of ram you have. Unless you have more than 256 meg of RAM. If you have more than 256 meg of RAM it should be at the highest setting, usually 256. Never install a "plug and play" operating system. Disable this in BIOS. What happens is, if its set up as PnP (for short) BIOS has to handle/load ALL DRIVERS CARDS ect EVERY time you start your comp. Its MUCH faster to let Windows handle this function. I hope that helps somebody at least a little. [img]smile.gif[/img] __________________ THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!!!