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alh942
08-18-2001, 12:21 PM
Hello gang I'm new to the board. I am having some trouble with my new system and was told that this is the place to go for help. I have a 1g thunderbird, 30gig western dig hd, 256 ram, ASUS mb,CD-RW, Win98se, The pc was a spec order, I started having problems such as freeze ups, would not connect to internet ect. I re-formatted the hard drive and now have the following errors under systems properties/ performance. System resources 57%, the details for the specific errors are below. I have never seen this before. Is it a driver issue? Any help would be great.
Compatibility mode paging reduces overall system performance.

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Windows was unable to identify a real-mode driver or memory-resident program loaded in your Config.sys or Autoexec.bat file. You will see another message that lists the name of the driver or program causing the problem.
Because Windows could not identify the driver or program, it has switched to MS-DOS compatibility mode to ensure the program will run. However, this decreases overall performance. To improve performance, remove the program or driver causing the problem, or contact its manufacturer for an upgraded version.

*****Drive X is using an MS-DOS compatibility mode file system.

This problem often occurs on more than one drive. Usually it is caused by a driver listed in the Config.sys file that Windows does not recognize and that is related to the message Compatibility mode paging reduces overall system performance. If you see both messages, see the Help for the Compatibility mode paging reduces overall system performance message first.
If you only see the message Drive X is using an MS-DOS compatibility mode file system on one drive, that drive is using an MS-DOS compatibility (real-mode) driver, which may reduce that drive’s performance. Contact your hardware manufacturer to see if an updated driver is available for your drive. If not, the drive’s performance may be less than optimal, but you can still use it.

classicsoftware
08-18-2001, 12:32 PM
Check out your config.sys file and see if it is loading a real mode driver for your CD-ROM. If it is, REM out the line in the config.sys and then re-boot.

ranchdog
08-18-2001, 09:47 PM
alh... Asus is really cranky about the quality of RAM a guy uses. Have you downloaded the VIA 4in1 drivers for the VIA chipset? With the System Resources at 57%, you have a lot of stuff running continually in the background after the O/S loads. Do you have a number of small icons down in the lower right-hand corner of the task bar? Let us know some more and we'll help you out. Luck.

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alh942
08-18-2001, 11:06 PM
Ranchdog, thanks for the information. I have the VIA 4-1 drivers installed
that came with the MB. I have cleared the tray from the start-up so it,s no longer cluttered. The resources are at 59% right now with AOL running and some bulk mail software.

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