NEC 9820 questions

"Booger Bandit" <boogerbandit.TakeThisOut@NOSPAMyahoo.com> schreef in bericht
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> Greetings,
>
> I've got a NEC 9820, 200MHz CPU, 64MB RAM, Windows 98SE (alright,
> you can stop laughin' now!). Every time the system boots it pauses
> at the Windows logo screen for about a minute or so. No hard drive
> activity, no sound, no action, no nothin'! And then it continues to
> boot just fine. Is this normal for a computer of this vintage? I've
> been into the BIOS, what there is of it, and everything seems to be
> set to the default settings.

Do you have a network?
Maybe Windows is looking for network connections which aren't available
anymore. Maybe it's looking for a DHCP server/router?

>
> Also, I have a friend who has a 233MHz chip that he will give me.
> Would 33MHz extra CPU speed show any noticeable improvement in
> system performance? Yes, I'm planning on getting another 64MB of RAM
> for this puppy (128MB is the max for this unit), but just wondering
> iffn it is worth the trouble to replace the CPU as well?
>

Ehm, why??
Why do you want to update this system from 'almost nothing' to
'a little bit more than almost nothing but still considered nothing at all'?


ok, seriously, depending on what you are doing with this pc..
(what are you doing???)
+33Mhz is about 14% speed improvement, but that's only
pure processor speed. If your friend is giving you this cpu, yeah, why
not.

Just don't expect you can run Vista now

regards,
Marcel


> This isn't a mission critical unit, just something that I am
> tinkering around with. Or do you folks think I'm spittin' into the
> wind here?
> Thanks all.
>
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> Booger Bandit