OH PLEASE HELP!!

[Nakia L. Jackson]

Thanks Chaz...

I will try your suggestions


On Tuesday, Aug 19, 2003, at 18:54 America/New_York, Chaz McGarvey 
wrote:

>
> On Tuesday, August 19, 2003, at 04:29 PM, Nakia L. Jackson wrote:
>
>> I just built a new system for Red hat Linux.
>>
>> Specs:
>> Red Hat Linux 9
>> AMD Duron 1400 processor
>> 128M SDRAM
>> 40G HD
>>
>> I have run the install, and the system is up and running, but it is 
>> SLOW as hell.  I'm not sure what I am doing wrong but I really did 
>> not expect it to go this slow.  And it's really only local things... 
>> I can surf the web at very good speeds...but I can not Multi-task.  
>> Anyone have any clue as to why this is happening?
>
> Well, the Duron 1400 can't be considered a very fast processor anyway. 
>  You probably went with that processor because it was quite cheap or 
> maybe you already had one, but you can get an Athlon 2500+ for under 
> $100.  If your motherboard supports it, you may look into getting a 
> better processor.
>
> Nevertheless, your processor should give you reasonable performance 
> with Linux.  Do you use a lot of applications at once?  You mentioned 
> multi-tasking as a problem.  You would likely see a noticeable 
> performance increase if you got some more RAM for your system (256MB 
> or 512MB would probably do it).
>
> Other than that, you may want to drop into your BIOS and make sure 
> your motherboard settings are correct (make sure it thinks the 
> processor is what it really is).  I know that BIOS settings can 
> sometimes make a lot of difference though I don't work with PC 
> hardware very often anymore.  Speaking of which, this may not be the 
> best list for your problem, considering that Yellow Dog Linux runs on 
> PPC hardware rather than the x86 hardware which you have.
>
> Good luck,
> Chaz
>
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