I have a similar system, an HP 8590C with 600 Mhz PIII, and haven't seen problems like you report with running IE 6. I also have a Linksys router connected to a DSL modem. I have other computers wirelessly connected to the router but usually only one accessing internet at a time (I can only be in one place at a time!). By the way, the HP is hard wired to the Linksys that sits next to the PC. HW Graphics accel is on FULL with no probs. Have you tried setting up the system in the factory delivered configuration? (i.e., take out all the 3rd party cards and drives)
I DO have regular blue screen of death lockups that randomly appear and I attribute it to some corruption in the Windows 98SE system files that I need to cleanup with a total wipe and reinstall. Have never done it since I got the system 3 years ago and am not looking forward to the hassle since all I have are those recovery CD's.
Which brings me to a question you might be able to answer. Since I'm going to all the trouble to reinstall, I want to also upgrade the 30G HD to an 80G and upgrade from Win 98SE to XP Pro. I've heard that the BIOS in these older motherboards may not handle larger drives > 30G. Do you know if this ASUS P2BVT MB BIOS can handle larger drives? I have 1.07 installed from the HP Pavilion site but this is late 1999 vintage and Microsoft's XP Analyzer thinks it may be too old to have been updated for large drives.
Thanks for any insights and let me know if I can help you out further with your problem.
SoCalBlane
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December 24th, 2003 18:00
Hi Patch,
I have a similar system, an HP 8590C with 600 Mhz PIII, and haven't seen problems like you report with running IE 6. I also have a Linksys router connected to a DSL modem. I have other computers wirelessly connected to the router but usually only one accessing internet at a time (I can only be in one place at a time!). By the way, the HP is hard wired to the Linksys that sits next to the PC. HW Graphics accel is on FULL with no probs. Have you tried setting up the system in the factory delivered configuration? (i.e., take out all the 3rd party cards and drives)
I DO have regular blue screen of death lockups that randomly appear and I attribute it to some corruption in the Windows 98SE system files that I need to cleanup with a total wipe and reinstall. Have never done it since I got the system 3 years ago and am not looking forward to the hassle since all I have are those recovery CD's.
Which brings me to a question you might be able to answer. Since I'm going to all the trouble to reinstall, I want to also upgrade the 30G HD to an 80G and upgrade from Win 98SE to XP Pro. I've heard that the BIOS in these older motherboards may not handle larger drives > 30G. Do you know if this ASUS P2BVT MB BIOS can handle larger drives? I have 1.07 installed from the HP Pavilion site but this is late 1999 vintage and Microsoft's XP Analyzer thinks it may be too old to have been updated for large drives.
Thanks for any insights and let me know if I can help you out further with your problem.
Blane