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To: PMS Witch who wrote (6815)	11/14/1999 11:33:00 AM
From: bluejeans	Respond to of 110631

Can my system have too much memory? A commonly stated assumption is that one can never have too much memory. I believe this is false, but cannot remember exactly why There is a point of diminishing returns where adding more memory will do nothing for your system's performance. This point is determined by the "cacheable limit" on your system. Most Pentium systems have either 256K cache or 512K cache. With a 256K cache, upgrading beyond 64 MB is not usually beneficial. With a 512K cache, the limit moves up to 128 MB. With a Pentium II, the sky is the limit as the cache is integrated into the processor. Of course, these are guidelines applicable to general users. For specialized applications, more memory may be required. crucial.com

To: PMS Witch who wrote (6815)	11/14/1999 11:50:00 AM
From: Ed Forrest	Respond to of 110631

. <<<Does anyone know a URL where this is discussed?>>> PM Hope this helps. Cheers Ed search.zdnet.com

To: PMS Witch who wrote (6815)	11/14/1999 2:36:00 PM
From: Clay M	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110631

After formatting my hard-drive, I have it back up and running with only minor glitches. The worst is my original CD for Word and Excel 97 won't work, it keeps giving me messages that it is dirty even though I cleaned it. Anybody have any suggestions on how to fix it? The drive works OK with other CD's. It's taken me a while re-jiggling the settings on everything, but at least, no more crashes so far. Also, when I shut down it hangs on the MS window. How can I get it past that point? Thanks to everybody for all their tips. Clay.