Hello,
Not sure if this can be resolved or if it is a result of the hardware I have - but I thought I would ask anyway - what harm can it do?
Anyway, I'm running:
Microsoft Windows XP Pro SP2
Intel Dual Core 2 Conroe (E6600 - 2.4Ghz)
Geil 800Mhz Ram (2x1gb)
Gigabyte DS4
ATI Radeon 512mb X1900XT
and the all important hard drive (All SATA) set up:
74GB Raptor (16mb) - This houses the OS and Games, the games being on a seperate partition. The other drive is a 320GB WD (7,200rpm, 16mb) and runs everything else:
--Drive One--
--Partition One-- 24.4GB Capacity -- 7.61GB Used
--Partition Two-- 44.8GB Capacity -- 12.7GB Used
--Drive Two--
--Partition One-- 298GB Capacity -- 7.77GB Used
--
I'm moving onto this rig from a 2x80GB IDE setup, so I understand the computer has a lot more to run than 160GB, but I would honestly be expecting a quicker start up.
The XP bar goes across 21 times and then it loads up. It seems to me that the system only powers up (fully) around at around 15 bars.
I have cleaned the registry and msconfig'ed only what I really need (msn, gmail, zone alarm and avg) - the system is virus and spyware free, so nothing from that end of things.
Is there a way of speeding this up or does that sound about right for my set up?
It's not a big thing at all - but obviously if I can quicken the start up, then it's to my advantage.
Lastly -- and it's more of a graphics card thing I suppose, but only small -- once the 21 bars go across (XP finishes loading), the screen goes odd and shows a whole bunch of different lines, colours, squiggles and so on - and then goes onto the Windows Login Screen.
Is that normal? I ask because I didn't see this before I changed my RAM (GSkill > Geil), the card works fine in games and totally normal the rest of the time, but I was just curious.
Thanks.
Not sure if this can be resolved or if it is a result of the hardware I have - but I thought I would ask anyway - what harm can it do?
Anyway, I'm running:
Microsoft Windows XP Pro SP2
Intel Dual Core 2 Conroe (E6600 - 2.4Ghz)
Geil 800Mhz Ram (2x1gb)
Gigabyte DS4
ATI Radeon 512mb X1900XT
and the all important hard drive (All SATA) set up:
74GB Raptor (16mb) - This houses the OS and Games, the games being on a seperate partition. The other drive is a 320GB WD (7,200rpm, 16mb) and runs everything else:
--Drive One--
--Partition One-- 24.4GB Capacity -- 7.61GB Used
--Partition Two-- 44.8GB Capacity -- 12.7GB Used
--Drive Two--
--Partition One-- 298GB Capacity -- 7.77GB Used
--
I'm moving onto this rig from a 2x80GB IDE setup, so I understand the computer has a lot more to run than 160GB, but I would honestly be expecting a quicker start up.
The XP bar goes across 21 times and then it loads up. It seems to me that the system only powers up (fully) around at around 15 bars.
I have cleaned the registry and msconfig'ed only what I really need (msn, gmail, zone alarm and avg) - the system is virus and spyware free, so nothing from that end of things.
Is there a way of speeding this up or does that sound about right for my set up?
It's not a big thing at all - but obviously if I can quicken the start up, then it's to my advantage.
Lastly -- and it's more of a graphics card thing I suppose, but only small -- once the 21 bars go across (XP finishes loading), the screen goes odd and shows a whole bunch of different lines, colours, squiggles and so on - and then goes onto the Windows Login Screen.
Is that normal? I ask because I didn't see this before I changed my RAM (GSkill > Geil), the card works fine in games and totally normal the rest of the time, but I was just curious.
Thanks.
