More PC aggro etc. - Page 5

Smoothound · 05-07-2009, 08:42 AM

Charlie,

I use a Mac for everything else, this PC is purely for Phoenix and for my wife for email and browsing

If I could afford to I'd buy myself a new iMac for dual boot and give the wife this machine but I'm financially challenged currently. Even if I did that I'd still need a legit copy of XP or similar!

Asid · 05-07-2009, 08:46 AM

There is a small prog called CCLEANER available at cclleaner.com. It fixes reg probs and sorts lots of errors.

Oh and its free

Smoothound · 05-07-2009, 09:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boggy

phil i have two blocks of 256mb ddr 266mhz ram here if you want them your welcome

if they are any use of course i have no idea what all that means i just copied the labels

Looks like they are too fast for my ageing PC it want's 133Mhz

Smoothound · 05-07-2009, 09:51 AM

I'm lost now LOL

Just went on the crucial site and it reckons my motherboard has 3 slots, I'm sure I've seen 4 in there but in like 2 lots of 2. I then went to the ASRock site and found the motherboard and it says it can take 2x PC2100 133Mhz SD Ram or 2x 266Mhz DDR Ram Not sure if it means it can take 2 of each at once. Bloody confusing

Ah just reread and it can take one or the other up to 2Gb so I basically need 2 new chips to get up to max memory

So which of these is the better option?

DDR x 2, DDR266/200 non-ECC, un-buffered memory
SDRAM x 2, PC133/100 non-ECC, un-buffered memory

Dedcalm · 05-07-2009, 10:00 AM

Your motherboard will have 2 sets of 2 slots, one set of 2 is for the SDRAM 133MHz and the other pair is for DDR2100. You can only use one or the other... for better performance use the DDR2100 266MHz RAM, they will only fit in one type of slot.

Hope that helps

Dedcalm · 05-07-2009, 10:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Smoothound

I have 2 different 256Mb 133Mhz PC2100 Ram cards installed currently.

Looking at the motherboard info it is quite elderly obviously, would it also benefit from having it's firmware/BIOS updating assuming this is doable?

Possibly, you might find that as its very old it might already be at the last version released. Updating the bios is unlikely to make it run any quicker than it was though. I always keep most of my firmwares at the current release although I did have an issue with my router when running either of the 2 latest versions, so the newest isnt always the best

Smoothound · 05-07-2009, 10:12 AM

Just went on Crucials web site and they suggest the same memory as you. More cash LOL

It appears that many of the drivers on my PC are well out of date having run Driver Detective but I think I'll be searching them out my self rather than register it and let it do it for me!

Dedcalm · 05-07-2009, 10:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Smoothound

Just went on Crucials web site and they suggest the same memory as you. More cash LOL

It appears that many of the drivers on my PC are well out of date having run Driver Detective but I think I'll be searching them out my self rather than register it and let it do it for me!

Indeed, thats probably the best (and cheapest) option - Store them somewhere like a memory stick for future use if you plan to keep the machine for a while yet.

Hangar-7 · 05-07-2009, 11:00 AM

Hi Phil
I seem to remember you have Avast which can slow down PC - suggest uninstalling it. I did it and my PC back to its original speed. You've nothing to lose - you can always reinstall Avast.

05-07-2009, 08:42 AM	#41 (permalink)
Smoothound Site Sponsor Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Lancing, England Posts: 6,212 Thanks: 716 Thanked 839 Times in 700 Posts	Charlie, I use a Mac for everything else, this PC is purely for Phoenix and for my wife for email and browsing If I could afford to I'd buy myself a new iMac for dual boot and give the wife this machine but I'm financially challenged currently. Even if I did that I'd still need a legit copy of XP or similar! __________________ Phil "Here are the young men, the weight on their shoulders, Here are the young men, well where have they been? We knocked on the doors of Hell's darker chamber, Pushed to the limit, we dragged ourselves in" Ping! me at smoothound on your iPhone ;-) Last edited by Smoothound; 05-07-2009 at 08:45 AM.

05-07-2009, 09:51 AM	#44 (permalink)
Smoothound Site Sponsor Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Lancing, England Posts: 6,212 Thanks: 716 Thanked 839 Times in 700 Posts	I'm lost now LOL Just went on the crucial site and it reckons my motherboard has 3 slots, I'm sure I've seen 4 in there but in like 2 lots of 2. I then went to the ASRock site and found the motherboard and it says it can take 2x PC2100 133Mhz SD Ram or 2x 266Mhz DDR Ram Not sure if it means it can take 2 of each at once. Bloody confusing Ah just reread and it can take one or the other up to 2Gb so I basically need 2 new chips to get up to max memory So which of these is the better option? DDR x 2, DDR266/200 non-ECC, un-buffered memory SDRAM x 2, PC133/100 non-ECC, un-buffered memory __________________ Phil "Here are the young men, the weight on their shoulders, Here are the young men, well where have they been? We knocked on the doors of Hell's darker chamber, Pushed to the limit, we dragged ourselves in" Ping! me at smoothound on your iPhone ;-) Last edited by Smoothound; 05-07-2009 at 09:57 AM.

05-07-2009, 10:12 AM	#47 (permalink)
Smoothound Site Sponsor Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Lancing, England Posts: 6,212 Thanks: 716 Thanked 839 Times in 700 Posts	Just went on Crucials web site and they suggest the same memory as you. More cash LOL It appears that many of the drivers on my PC are well out of date having run Driver Detective but I think I'll be searching them out my self rather than register it and let it do it for me! __________________ Phil "Here are the young men, the weight on their shoulders, Here are the young men, well where have they been? We knocked on the doors of Hell's darker chamber, Pushed to the limit, we dragged ourselves in" Ping! me at smoothound on your iPhone ;-)

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Hangar-7 Site Sponsor Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Cheshire Posts: 1,106 Thanks: 348 Thanked 237 Times in 222 Posts	Hi Phil I seem to remember you have Avast which can slow down PC - suggest uninstalling it. I did it and my PC back to its original speed. You've nothing to lose - you can always reinstall Avast. __________________ Hangar-7 All my landings are controlled crashes!! Last edited by Hangar-7; 05-07-2009 at 06:19 PM.

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05-07-2009, 08:46 AM	#42 (permalink)
Asid Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: UK Posts: 661 Thanks: 190 Thanked 176 Times in 149 Posts	There is a small prog called CCLEANER available at cclleaner.com. It fixes reg probs and sorts lots of errors. Oh and its free

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Dedcalm Site Sponsor Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Surrey Posts: 1,449 Blog Entries: 12 Thanks: 246 Thanked 231 Times in 203 Posts	Your motherboard will have 2 sets of 2 slots, one set of 2 is for the SDRAM 133MHz and the other pair is for DDR2100. You can only use one or the other... for better performance use the DDR2100 266MHz RAM, they will only fit in one type of slot. Hope that helps