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I did browse the instal CD and did not find the file but I did find it at the Promise web site. (I asked someone to check that web site while I was working on the computer and they said the file wasn't there.) I now have the floppy made that I need to instal my hdd. Thanks for the help, Ski.

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...

If it is like 98 - right click on my computer and you will get system properties. click on DEVICE MANAGER, CD ROM, DVD, and then click on Settings and check DVD. That should work.

I have taken out one 256mb memory module and the computer is running faster, swap file use is 0 with two IE windows open and cpu usage has been staying below 25%. Presently Ctrl+del+alt works intermitantly and f8 does not work at all I don't think this has anything to do with the memory as It...

It is my understanding speed is limited by system resourses, which is restricted in 9x but unlimited in the NT kernal. So, I suppose additional memory reaches a point of diminishing returns quickly in 98 but not so in NT.

Since I first started this thread I have found NSW to be incorrect in saying I have no L-2 cache. I have and it is full. But now I have read that if my computer has to much memory (Windows 98se)the procesor may not be able to use its L2 cache. I think butchrecon might be correct in saying 98...

I thought I would let Windows manage my virtual memory once again before taking out RAM (I recently bought). CPU usage went down below 10% and swapfile usage went up to 9M. I think I will leave well enuf alone, and monitor the situation for awhile. Thanks Very Much

I will try that. I should have checked my cpu usage when I took out my memory to check the modules one by one. Norton System Works was saying I had a problem with my memory at a certain address but when I checked the modules individually all was ok. It turns our NSW reports memory errors...

I have win 98se. The system runs out of memory addresses with this amt of Ram. From what I have read The more RAM one has the less virtual memory one needs.

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...

My situation is handled. This is what was happening. I was trying to enter the Bios Setup during bootup. When I hit "del" I would be asked for my CURRENT user password (I was't sure which password that was, OS or BIOS). I tried to enter the 8 letter supervisor password for the...

GOOD GRIEF. I had no user password in the bios. My supervisor password did not work because it was two letters to long. When I typed the password in it looked like all was ok but the password was to long.

Kill CMOS - The program is designed to erase BIOS passwords. It changes values in all known proprietary checksum locations. Then, overwrites all known Passwords and their accompanying checksums. When the computer reboots it says checksum failure, default settings loaded. Then, one needs to...

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...

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.

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...

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...

Thank You, Jim!

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