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Pastimes : Dream Machine ( Build your own PC ) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: mr.mark who wrote (11128)	7/29/2000 6:14:49 PM
From: wily	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 14778

If you hold down the shift key during a normal restart, you avoid the bios part of the boot routine -- it's about twice as fast. Re the BH6 upgrade: I have a BH6 myself w/ a Celeron300@450. It's like an old shoe now and I've lost the urge to upgrade. What the previous poster said sounds like a good path, though, and I would be tempted. I also want to get into Win2K, but I think my board is holding me back. What I'd really like is a BP6 with 2 C2's overclocked in the 800 range, running win2K. I think it can be done now, but I haven't checked. Regarding the problem of the cpu won't overclock anymore: first things that spring to mind are power supply and memory seating (try reseating the memory, making sure that the contacts on board and memory are clean). Other than that I'm at a loss (how unusual). Anybody running win2K on a BH6? wily

To: mr.mark who wrote (11128)	7/29/2000 6:27:23 PM
From: R Jennings	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

Mark, I've never used that catagory of programs but thanks for the feedback. For people that have cable modems that are concerned about security a guy named steve gibson wrote a web page that shows what information your computer is exposing to the world. WARNING useing the links on the page referenced may cause your system to crash. Mine never has however most people have normal systems <G>. grc.com steve also reccomends a program called zone alarm which is a freeware fire wall. I was never able to get it to run reliably on my system however as I said my system isn't normal Anyway this site (www.grc.com) is a favorite of mine so look around you might find something you like. Happy investing !. Edit I don't know why I can't put a link in but guess you'll have to cut and paste. Sorry.