[bonkers72]

Got a pentium 4. 60gig hd, 224 ram. 2.00 ghz. I want to maximize my system to it's fullest potential. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks, B-72

 

[Rockn]

Optimize what exactly...the OS, your components, BIOS settings?

 

[bonkers72]

all of the above

 

[Triple6]

What O/S are you running? If its XP then you'll to add more RAM, that will improve the performance significantly. Your question is way to vague and incomplete.

What motherboard do you have? Generally if you have the Load Optimal Values option in the BIOS that gets the settings pretty good. Then make sure DMA settings are enabled for the hard drives, memory settings are set to Optimal or Aggressive or Performance. For the O/s disable any unneccessary startup options, remove any spyware viruses, make sure you have all the latest driver installed for the motherboard and cards, such as video and audio.

 

[bonkers72]

os is xp home. How do I know what motherboard I have? If it's not to much to explain, how do I get to set the BIOS and DMA settings? Disabling start up items I have done already. And getting the latest driver for the mother board too I need to know how to do. Thanks alot.

 

[Rollin' Rog]

Bonkers, re your requests to "remove" threads, we do not do that normally. We will mark a thread "solved" or "resolved" if the starter requests it, but the solution should be given if there was one.

I will close this thread instead since you evidently do not wish to pursue the subject further.