The Pentium II processor reports the same processor family number as the Pentium Pro (CPU family #6). The Pentium II was released after Windows 95, so it doesn’t know the CPU model number and identifies it as a Pentium Pro. This doesn’t hurt your computer’s operation. Software that uses MMX technology or a Pentium II […]
Question: I was running APM (Advanced Power Management) before I switched over to ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) on a fresh install of Windows 98. Both times, however, I have experienced extreme difficulties getting either of these power management configurations to work properly. The system seems to hang after I try to resume after […]
Question: The screen on my new Cyrix 200 mHz MMX unit will randomly freeze during pretty well any activity, from surfing the Internet, to playing games, to moving through directories and files. When this occurs, the system will not respond to Ctrl+Alt+Del, and my only recourse is to hit the reset or power switch. The […]
Question: My computer does not seem to respond correctly in the morning or whenever I first turn it on. I hook up to the net, but my browser will not pull up any web sites. It says: “Web-site found, waiting for reply”, but nothing comes up. After a couple of minutes, it disconnects me. This […]
Question: I have a Compaq with a 486 DX33 processor that I’ve been meaning to upgrade with an overdrive or Pentium 133 upgrade CPU. Recently I’ve noticed a number of used DX2-66 and DX4-100 processors for sale. If I cheaped out and bought one of these, would I be inviting some compatibility problems? I only […]