13 Dec
2005
13 Dec
'05
1:37 p.m.
Jerry Geis wrote:
/Quick update... On the Installing packages screen normally I see something like 15 minutes to install with this 64 bit 4000+ installing x86_64 it is posting 55 minutes.
This is what I mean by slooooow..
I hope I find what the deal is soon. I check in the BIOS and saw no settings. Only enable disable motherboard devices.
/
It may be just the hard drive. Compaq has been using ungodly slow Fujitsu 4200rpm drives of late. I experienced a substantial speedup on mine when I upgraded to a Hitachi Travelstar 7K100.
Cheers,