Re: [SLUG] slow compaq

From: Logan (logan1304@comcast.net)
Date: Thu Aug 21 2003 - 19:20:05 EDT

On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 17:00, Michael C Rock wrote:
> I have a compaq presario 7478 and it is sooooo slow. I have had the dsl
> line checked and it is clean.
>
> The whole computer is slow and is running Redhat 8.0 and is upto date
> with updates.
>
> I have ide-cd R/RW 4x4x24
> an ide hd WD300AA Geom. 3877/240/63
> 3Com 3c59x 100BaseTX (Cyclone)
> Trident Cyberblade (generic) video card
> I don't know the motherboard information
> 384K ram
> too much swap at 780000K
> My Video driver is vesa I could not find what was best for the Compaq
> MV920 monitor.
>
> With that much information, does anyone have an idea of how I can speed
> this thing up? Or find out why it is so slow? I mean I sit and drum my
> fingers waiting for screens to change.

Try running top in a terminal and see what is consuming the CPU cycles.

Logan 

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