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To: mr.mark who wrote (8186)	2/9/2000 4:24:00 PM
From: Doug Coughlan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110631

Hi Mark thanks for the response. That site seems to deal with a problem that is Compaq specific. My computer isn't experiencing anything like that. My computer is comprised of parts from my Dell 200mmx that could be used and a new motherboard to go with the Celeron 466 that I put in. Here is a curious thing. Yesterday I added 64 megs of ram to bring the system up to 128. When I checked the system resources I was still in the 58% range when running five browser windows along with an mIRC chat site. The interesting part is that when I eliminated some items from the start up menu the other day I gained about 8% points. The new ram is being detected so that's not the problem. The local tech guy suggested that with that many windows open that I add another 128 megs. Of course he is in the business of selling ram.

To: mr.mark who wrote (8186)	2/10/2000 2:37:00 AM
From: Ed Forrest	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110631

Mark This is related to your post,I believe: WINDOWS INSIDER by Valerie Ryan PRESARIO FREEZE-UPS FOUND TO BE SOFTWARE-RELATED Last month, I mentioned that some Compaq Presario 5800 or 5900 users had been complaining of system freeze-ups--apparently caused by too many programs competing for limited resources at startup. Compaq's consumer public relations manager, Hedy Baker, has confirmed that the problem is purely software-related and has nothing to do with hardware. It seems the culprit is Service Connections, software that connects to the Internet automatically and sends users new BIOS updates and performance-boosting upgrades. If a PC has low system resources, making this connection bogs down the system and it appears to freeze. In case you missed last month's tip, Compaq has posted a fix at compaq.com