I am such a dumbass.
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Professur
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It's not just the drivers ... it that they need to be installed in just the right order. Otherwise you can run into IRQ issues. Not to mention that the re-up is a shed load faster, and puts it back exactly as it came from the factory. Absolves you of any responsability.
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Mirlyn said:
May be thinking of HP,I had a PII266 with a Bigfoot(3600rpm),upgraded to a Maxtor 7200 RPM and it made a HUGE difference.Shes probably not going to want to shell out $$$ though.
Oh, she must have upgraded the Ram too, it's got 128, actually not bad for a 350. Of course the last defrag date was in 2001. But, after installing Nortons and cleaning 5 files, it's looking pretty decent. Don't think I'll have to reinstall.
Cat, I've got a K6/2 550 in my desk here somewhere, after it does the defrag I'm thinking about sticking it in there and seeing what happens, if it works I'll sell it to her for an extra 20 or so.
Cat, I've got a K6/2 550 in my desk here somewhere, after it does the defrag I'm thinking about sticking it in there and seeing what happens, if it works I'll sell it to her for an extra 20 or so.
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PuterTutor said:
3600rpm though ,trust me going from one to a 7200rpm drive made a noticeable improvement on my PII266
Mirlyn
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I believe it depends on the model year, but I think most the early K62s had the bigfoot in them. Can't remember. I usually can tell by the case design.
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Defrag and a msconfig are your best friends then. Dunno about the new Nortons, maybe AVG or something with less overhead. Unless its running nicely as is (128 makes them quite tolerable, almost useablePuterTutor said:
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Professur
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Check the website for a firmware update for that drive. Seems I heard something about that being a real savior for them.
BTW it was the early 1-2G bigfoots that ruined the concept. I've the disks from one as scratched up mirrors on my desk here. Bad head crashes. I'm told the later models solved this problem, but it was too late. The mere sight of a bigfoot was sending techs screaming for RMAs.
BTW it was the early 1-2G bigfoots that ruined the concept. I've the disks from one as scratched up mirrors on my desk here. Bad head crashes. I'm told the later models solved this problem, but it was too late. The mere sight of a bigfoot was sending techs screaming for RMAs.