-=> CHARLES ANGELICH wrote to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE <=-

 WC> If I was younger with better eyesight and the comfidence in
 WC> my abilities I once had I'd cut the refresh line and put a
 WC> clock doubler between it and the DRAM banks and buy the
 WC> PC133's.

 CA> Seems I remember mention that some mb have jumpers for this
 CA> refresh rate?

If so I've no info on it for the Pavilion.

 WC>> Detailed info on this machines and it's DIMMS is scarce,
 WC>> little to nothing in the owners manual except 2 x's 128
 WC>> max and how to remove them.

 CA> This is another reason I'm beginning to suspect the memory is
 CA> proprietary as with the Compaq I have here. :-\

Me too :-(
Ah well I'll make do with 96 Meg.
Upgrading the thing appears to have very few options so money
thrown at this machine would be better saved and spent on a generic
system bought bare bones.

 CA> When I first saw XP at my daughter's house and she began
 CA> telling me how 'wonderful' she thought it was that was my very
 CA> _first_ thought. I now know who will be the next person to give
 CA> me their 'old' hardware one day soon as they are forced to buy
 CA> new. Evil, I know, but it's not my fault. I didn't recommend XP
 CA> to her (or anyone else). :-)

Got a cerified Microsoft guy lived next door said forget
XP anything short of a 1.5 GHz machine and at that he
said it'd be just adaquate! Landlady just plunked down
big bucks on a new proprietary box for several times
the cost of one that can be had that can be substantially upgraded.
Yup MickeySoft is sure making things cheap for those that
are willing to take the time to optimize software.
Seems in the long run at 200 bucks Windows 2K Pro is cheaper than
XP at 1/4 the cost due to the latter using so much in the
way of system resources.
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