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- From: mechalas@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (John P. Mechalas)
- Subject: Re: HD lights flicker in Windows 3.1 ?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.141024.6013@gn.ecn.purdue.edu>
- Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
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- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 14:10:24 GMT
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- In article <C1EEq5.Ky1@news.cso.uiuc.edu> bes38869@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (The Bard Duelak ) writes:
- > I have a 386DX@40Mhz, w/ a Maxtor 7120A 130Mb Hd, and a
- >Cirrus GD54 video card. I havent noticed this before, but when I enter
- >Windows, it seems to be taking longer for it to start up, and then when
- >it finally does, Windows seems to be accessin the HD alot, and when it isnt
- >accessing the HD, the HD lights constantly flicker. They dont do this
- >running under DOS. I have even run the most recent version of scan on
- >all the files on the hard drive, and no viruses are reported.
- > Has anyone had this problem, or know what is causing it and
- >how to stop it? Please post, or reply by e-mail.
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- How many buffers and files do you have set in your config.sys? If you don't
- have enough of either, Windows will be foreced to do a lot of disk accessing
- (at least, that has been my experience). I set 30 files and 15 buffers,
- though your mileage may vary, if this is indeed the problem.
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