OT: Web runs slow after RAM upgrade

[Norman Bauman nbauman@xxxxxxxx]

If anybody on this list enjoys a challenge, here's a problem I have -- my
computer is running slow on the Internet after I installed larger memory
chips.

(BTW, does anyone know of a good list where Windows problems would be *on*
topic?)

I have an old computer -- HP Pavilion 6330, Windows 98. I have several old
programs which are configured and running well in the current setup, so I
want to keep using it until I get them all configured and running well on
my laptop. So right now I want to upgrade the memory, hard drive and some
of the programs of the Pavilion.

Over the weekend I upgraded the memory from 48MB to the maximum, 256MB.
Ever since then, my computer has been running very slow (or freezing
completely) on my dialup connection to the Internet, in all my programs.
Internet Explorer 4.0 takes longer to load. The opening page of the New
York Times or similar web sites used to take a minute or so to load; now it
takes 5 minutes, and sometimes they freeze entirely and I can't even get
control-alt-delete. IE scrolls very slowly, but after I log off the
Internet, I can then scroll the same HTML pages at normal speed. In
Netscape 4.0, the same thing happens. Eudora 3.0 also runs slow or freezes
entirely when I'm on the Internet, but runs at normal speed after I
disconnect from the Internet. The non-Internet programs also run slowly
when I'm on the Internet. WordPerfect for Windows can load a document in a
few seconds, but when I'm online it can take me several minutes. When I'm
online the Windows operating system operations are also slower -- when I
double-click on an icon, like Eudora, it doesn't seem to take effect, or it
takes so long that I can't tell whether I clicked it or not. It seems as
if, when I'm online, something is absorbing all the resources of my
computer and making everything else go slow.

This just started after I upgraded the memory. I called Crucial tech
support, and the technician said he had never heard of this happening
before. He thought it sounded like some kind of resource conflict. The
modem and some other device might both be trying to access an address that
is now a valid memory address and wasn't before. There might be an IRQ
conflict.

The Crucial tech suggested that I check Device Manager for conflicts. I did
and I couldn't find any.

In System Information, in Hardware Resources, I found the following, under
Conflicts/Sharing, I/O, IRQs, Memory, and Modem:

[Conflicts/Sharing]

IRQ 4	Communications Port (COM1)
IRQ 4	Colorado FC-20
IRQ 10	ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
IRQ 10	SCI IRQ used by ACPI bus
IRQ 10	U.S. Robotics V.92 PCI Faxmodem Enumerator
IRQ 11	ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
IRQ 11	ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
IRQ 11	SiS 7001 PCI to USB Open Host Controller
IRQ 14	Primary IDE controller (dual fifo)
IRQ 14	SiS 5513 Dual PCI IDE Controller
IRQ 15	Secondary IDE controller (dual fifo)
IRQ 15	SiS 5513 Dual PCI IDE Controller

[I/O]

(13-page list of hex numbers and devices)

[IRQs]

0	System timer
1	Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural Keyboard
2	Programmable interrupt controller
3	Colorado FC-20
4	Communications Port (COM1)
4	Colorado FC-20
5	Crystal PnP Audio System CODEC
6	Standard Floppy Disk Controller
7	Printer Port (LPT1)
8	System CMOS/real time clock
9	Crystal PnP Audio System MPU-401 Compatible
10	ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
10	SCI IRQ used by ACPI bus
10	U.S. Robotics V.92 PCI Faxmodem Enumerator
11	ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
11	ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
11	SiS 7001 PCI to USB Open Host Controller
12	PS/2 Compatible Mouse Port
13	Numeric data processor
14	Primary IDE controller (dual fifo)
14	SiS 5513 Dual PCI IDE Controller
15	Secondary IDE controller (dual fifo)
15	SiS 5513 Dual PCI IDE Controller


[Memory]

x000A0000 - x000AFFFF	SiS 5597/5598
x000B0000 - x000BFFFF	SiS 5597/5598
x000C0000 - x000CBFFF	SiS 5597/5598
x000EC000 - x000FFFFF	System board extension for ACPI BIOS
x0FE00000 - x0FE0FFFF	U.S. Robotics V.92 PCI Faxmodem Enumerator
x0FE10000 - x0FE17FFF	SiS 5597/5598
x0FE18000 - x0FE18FFF	SiS 7001 PCI to USB Open Host Controller
xFE800000 - xFEBFFFFF	SiS 5597/5598
xFEDF0000 - xFEDFFFFF	SiS 5597/5598
xFFEF0000 - xFFEFFFFF	PCI bus
xFFFD0000 - xFFFEFFFF	System board extension for ACPI BIOS
xFFFF0000 - xFFFFFFFF	PCI bus

Under Components, I found the following, under "Basic Information":

[Modem]

 
  U.S. Robotics V.92 PCI Faxmodem
  Modem
Alloc resources:	Logical Configuration 0
IO Range:	 Base=x02F8 End=x02FF Min=x02F8 Max=x02FF Alias=x00, Decode=x00
Driver:	usrhsfi.cty   3/4/2003 7:12 AM Size: 279899
	soar.vxd   2/20/2003 7:10 AM Size: 51987
	k56.vxd   2/20/2003 7:14 AM Size: 448260
	fax.vxd   2/20/2003 7:13 AM Size: 246528
	v124.vxd   2/20/2003 7:15 AM Size: 575759
	fsks.vxd   2/20/2003 7:10 AM Size: 151823
	fallback.vxd   2/20/2003 7:9 AM Size: 348471
	basic2.vxd   2/20/2003 7:10 AM Size: 96019
	rksample.vxd   2/20/2003 7:10 AM Size: 71987
	tones.vxd   2/20/2003 7:12 AM Size: 89874
	turbovcd.vxd   1/4/1999 10:3 AM Size: 15371
	turbovbf.vxd   1/4/1999 10:3 AM Size: 10624
	modctrl.vxd   2/20/2003 7:15 AM Size: 15129
	modctrl.dll   2/20/2003 7:15 AM Size: 159812
	mdmxsdk.vxd   12/11/2002 9:11 PM Size: 13023
	mdmxsdk.dll   12/11/2002 8:49 PM Size: 69632
	hcfreadr.dll   12/31/2002 5:7 AM Size: 167936
	hcfcsa32.dll   12/31/2002 5:7 AM Size: 143872
	hcfcsa.dll   12/31/2002 4:58 AM Size: 162960
	rokv42.vxd   2/20/2003 7:16 AM Size: 108106
	rokkmosd.vxd   2/20/2003 7:16 AM Size: 17095
	win95ac.vxd   2/20/2003 7:16 AM Size: 769128
	amos.vxd   2/20/2003 7:8 AM Size: 193807

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