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  1. jimmy7386

    xp speed test???

    cheers all
  2. jimmy7386

    xp speed test???

    just rebuilt pc with 2.8 800 fsb socket 775 pentium 4, 512 ddr2 400 ram (128 shared graphics) on a ecs 800 fsb motherboard. Is there a program out there that will tell me if the system is running at full speed as i am not convinced it is!! Could well be my XP slowing things down but would be...
  3. jimmy7386

    why does mouse pointer stick?

    i have noticed that when my system idle process is running about 20% of cpu in task manager when machine is idle the mouse pointer starts to stick as you drag it across the screen? I have cured this in the past by loading optimal settings in bios but not working this time?
  4. jimmy7386

    how many svchost.exe should be running??

    with pc sitting idle there are 7 svchost.exe,s running. Is this about right??
  5. jimmy7386

    making ide hard drive hot swappable?

    got caddy to disconnect using device manager but when i put it back in and turn caddy on before i have time to refresh device list my pc just hangs??
  6. jimmy7386

    sony dru500a wont burn cue files????

    sorted now cheers i had set the bloody drive to slave and it didnt like it!!!!! all sorted now
  7. jimmy7386

    what programs do i need in task manager??

    cheers all processes 30 cpu usage 2% commit charge 170/1249 with internet explorer running do these figures seem ok?
  8. jimmy7386

    what programs do i need in task manager??

    When i open up task manager there are loads of programs running i wouls like to know what are the essentials just so i can run them on their own to see how my pc speeds up?
  9. jimmy7386

    sony dru500a wont burn cue files????

    i have had this drive about 3 years now and i have burnt just about everything you can with it. But just recently i have been trying to burn a cue files to cdr with either alcohol 120 or nero and it keeps comin up with errors such as "power calibration error" Here is a copy of the log file after...
  10. jimmy7386

    making ide hard drive hot swappable?

    no rvnguy its not the boot drive its the one out of my ps2 but thanks anyway
  11. jimmy7386

    making ide hard drive hot swappable?

    thanks will give it a go
  12. jimmy7386

    making ide hard drive hot swappable?

    I have just bought a genica "hot swap" removeable hard drive caddy for my system which works no problem but the "hot swap" feature only works on windows 98 something to do with disc cacheing i think? Does anyone know a way round this in winxp?
  13. jimmy7386

    What speed is my drive???

    i own a western digital wd1600 hard drive which supports ata 100. Now when i plug it in to my ata 100 qdi p41865pe pro motherboard via the proper 80 pin cable i can only reach speeds of 60mb/s when transferring files? I have gone into device manager and ultra dma mode 5 is enabled and there is...

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