Any yellow exclamation points next to hardware in the Device Manager panel? You
may need chipset drivers, and there may not be ME chipset drivers for a Pentium
Pro. (Intel's web site does not have any.) The PPro systems use the 440FX
chipset, for which NT and Windows 2000 drivers are available. Pentium Pro
systems were intended to run NT 4.0, and not Win 95/98. By the time Windows ME
was released, the Pentium Pro had become and afterthought... Ben Myers
On Fri, 10 Mar 2006 03:22:39 GMT, "Doug Holtz NOSPAM in adress"
Post by Doug Holtz NOSPAM in adressHey Ben;
Thanks for the replies.
Both drives I tried had ME on them, one installed on a different machine. I
have ME on a Dec Venturis P166 and it's fine. I think the PPro is in
trouble somewhere, just don't know. My PPro server is great. Maybe I'll
get rid of ME and see. XP will run on 192 MB of SIMM's, and yes, there are
6 slots and with EDO, 192 MB is maximum. Double that for fast page mode :)
d
Post by Ben MyersThe second answer to your question is that more memory would help Windows ME
limp along a little faster. If the system has 192MB, then it probably has 6 x
32MB? Any spare SIMM sockets? I forget. It's been a while since I messed with
the DEC PPro machines. Single or dual processor? For ME, it won't matter,
because ME would not know what to do with a second processor. Windows NT 4.0
would. Linux sure would... Ben Myers
Post by Ben MyersDoug,
The power supply will not have an effect on the speed of the computer.
The answer to your question is that Windows ME is a rotten slug and unreliable
to boot. Linux is lean and mean and reliable. No contest here... Ben Myers
On Wed, 08 Mar 2006 23:59:49 GMT, "Doug Holtz NOSPAM in adress"
Post by Doug Holtz NOSPAM in adressGroup;
I have 2 PPro200 DEC machines. One runs Linux server, the other Windows Me.
The Me machine is awfully slow. I thought it might be the 4.3 GB hard
drive, so I put a 1.2GB hard drive in just to test; it's slow too.
Can a power supply still work but make a machine slow down somehow? I have
192 MB of 72 pin SIMM's in this machine. Otherwise it is original.
Thanks
Doug