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To: Doug Soon who wrote (13488)	7/24/2002 12:49:38 AM
From: Robert Graham	Read Replies (1) of 14778

Well, I installed Norton System Works, Norton Internet Security, an internal modem card with its software, and an audio card with its accompanying software. Now the system has the following problems: 1. Mouse sometimes disappears and then reappears. This started before the installation of the above hardware and software components. I think this relates to one of the earlier application that I installed which also sets up a driver which interferes with the mouse. I will set up the USB version of the mouse to see if the problem goes away. I think this will end up to be a difficult problem to track down and will take some time. 2. The system is a little on the slow side for its configuration. I notice a 20% drop in CPU and I/O performance. This always happens when I load the Norton suites. However, I do not know which software component from either Norton suite is responsible for this...yet. the offending software will be eliminated with no mercy once it is identified. My guess is either the antivirus software driver that runs in the background or the firewall, or a combination of the two Norton applications. 3. The system fails to boot from time to time. This is the real problem for me right now. Instead of looping like it did before, it just sits there with no POST and OK beep signal. When I hold the on/off button in and the system turns off. Then when I turn the system back on, it boots normally. I do not even get automatically placed into the BIOS setup screen which happens if the BIOS part of the bootup was interrupted. This sounds like a hardware problem. Either the sound card or the internal modem card. Perhaps reseating the cards will help, or swapping the slots they reside in. This is Part 3 of the ongoing saga. Part 1 was when I tried to run Windows XP with my original motherboard and some incompatible components replaced. Part 2 was when I went to the new motherboard and ended up withthat elusive data corruption errors among other problems like a faulty motherboard and memory. I hope some people here are learning from my mistakes. :-) Bob Graham

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