"Jeff" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I was recently trying to troubleshot the famous "infinite
> loop" error with an ATI 8500DV video card. In doing so I
> disabled ACPI in the BIOS and installed a clean version of
> WinXpPro. I have noticed my "Network Utilization" is a
> LOT higher than it was when it was enabled, when viewed
> under the Task Manager/Networking.
>
> I have a cable modem and the service is through Comcast.
> I have see utilization up to 33%, but on the average runs
> around 6-8% depending upon the site I'm downloading from.
>
> Before diabeling ACPI it was in the .xx something, almost
> never ever above 1%.
>
> Didn't do anything for the "infinite loop" error,
> surprise, surprise!
>
> Can this really be possible? Why?
>
I dunno why that is - with regard to the infinite loop problem - I had this
problem sometimes its caused by BIOS settings sometimes by defective memory
in your case as you haven`t changed the BIOS settings I
suspect your ram is going bad but first try these BIOS settings and test
with prime 95;
1. BIOS Fail Safe Loaded (sometimes called Load Setup Defaults)
2. AGP set to 2x
3. Change memory DRAM clock from SPD to match CPU`s fsb
4. Command Decode set to Normal (as per fail safe settings)
5. AGP Aperture at 64MB (as per fail safe settings)
If infinite loop still occurs with above check the ram in another board/try
a brand new stick it could be shafted. Note BIOS settings aren`t available
on all boards.
I had it happen with a bad memory stick and also with good stick and some
more aggresive BIOS settings a good way to check whether for infinite loop
is with prime 95
http://www.mersenne.org/prime.htm run it for 12 hours.
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