[RussellWild]

Hello all:

This is just a simple issue which I'd like some advice about. Basically, the system I'm using is, in short, an Athlon 600 (Slot 1) with 128MB SDRAM. I'm thinking of doing a "bargain basement" upgrade to an Athlon 700 or 800 with 256 or 384MB SDRAM.

My question is this - would it be worthwhile reinstalling Win2K Pro after I install the components? I'm not really sure whether Win2K Pro configures itself during setup depending on what CPU/Mem you have?

Thanks in advance,
Russell

[DosFreak]

No. Nothing changes. You will noticed a MAJOR difference in speed because of the extra ram tho.

[CrazyKillerMan]

I am running a p3 500 with 128 megs of ram, and the other day i got another stick of ram and my performance went threw the roof. With ram being cheap as it is, buy a stick or two more.

[RussellWild]

Thank you both for your replies and for making my mind up for me. 384MBs here I come!!!

Regards,
Russell

[Amorst]

Well mate, i am running an Tbirb 1000mhz, and 384 mb ram. I know that the ram makes that much difference especially in the uptime of you system, alot less lag. I am even thinking of going to 512 myself.

Good Luck

[Sparkhard]

You should see a considerable difference seeing as though you are running a (Slot 1) Athlon. LOL

[Bursar]

If you change the amount of RAM in your machine, you should also reconfigure your swap file.

It should range from 1.5xRAM minimum to 2xRAM maximum.

With 512MB, my swap file defaulted to 768MB minimum and 1024MB maximum. I have changed it so that it is 1024MB in both cases. This gives me a static swap file that is slightly faster than a dynamic one.

[FKTOAST]

Here's a nifty little performance tweak as well. Once you have established your memory count, in your case 384, decide the swap file size. I would recommend 700Mb.

Ok heres the tweak. This will only work if you have more than one hard drive.

Right click my computer
Go to properties
Go to the advanced tab
Click on performance options
Under swap file click options, I think.
This list is your swap file list. You will notice there will be a number by your C:. Leave it there. Highlight the c: and then change the min and max to about 400. Make sure you click on the set button before you do anything else. Click on you other hard drive and add about 500 to the min and max and then click set. Apply the changes and click ok. Reboot.

Windows 2000 will use the other hard drives partition first then will go to the c: when needed. This makes for almost 3 times the access times for you are now using and extra set of arms to do your paging for you which isnt going to be that much since you are using 386Mb of ram anyways. You should notice programs opening quicker and the overall system running smoother.

[lexluthor]

at 380 u will have pleanty of memory for our system unless u are running some high end programs. the only time u need a pagefile is when there is a memory overrun or a haywire app. here are my suggestions (i have 256meg)

swapfile of 2x mem on seperate channel/partition from system (no recovery probs)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\disablepageingexecutive (reg_dword) =1

system.ini under [386enh] ConservativeSwapfileUsage=1
(nagual)

this will cause your system to run fast and clean. do the 2 hacks after the system is debugged because an abnormal system shutdown in some cases will corrupt profiles and cause loss of short term memory.

[Four and Twenty]

I would recomend the smallest possible swapfile possible. If you have 512 megs of ram you just don't need it. I have my swap file set to 20 megs in win2k and totaly disabled ing Win Me and Wistler and everything runs great here. Hope fully swap files will soon be a thing of the past.

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My System
Dell Demension XPS T500
Triple Boot
Windows 2000 Pro 2195
Windows Whistler Pro 2296
Windows Millennium Final Retail
PIII @ 500 Mhz (with after market heatsink and dual fan)
512 Megs Ram
Guillemot Maxi Gammer Cougar (TNT2 M64 w/ 32 Megs of RAM)
Matrox Millennium PCI (w/ 4 Megs of RAM for second monitor)
3Com Etherlink XL 10/100 Ethernet Card
Abit Hot Rod Pro ATA-100 RAID Controler
2 x 12.6 Gig Maxtor Hard Disks RAID 0 (for system)
1 76.3 Gig Maxtor Hard Disk (for storage)
40X LG CD Rom Drive
100 Mb Iomega Internal Zip Drive
MS Explorer Mouse
MS Natural Keyboard Pro
And not a single peice of software that I actually own

[pimpin_228]

Okay why do i have to reinstall w2k because when i changed processors i have had crahses and everything else

[DosFreak]

Overheating?
ESD Damage?
Dual to Single?
Single to Dual?

More info needed.

[Hugheh]

Did you install a new motherboard along with the processor? If so, that's why.

It's highly advised to reinstall 2K after purchasing a new motherboard, due to the setup of motherboard resources, IRQ's, etc.
It's a lot easier to start from scratch, and can actually be damn impossible to boot the thing without the original mobo anyway.

Hugheh