Re: slow system

>     Hey.... look at that.... I ran an upgrade and that fixed most things.

>     It still takes a minute to load the hardware driversand I still get
>     the 'misaligned resource pointer' error. And the minute long wait
>     before that
>     appears.

>     On Sunday 19 November 2006 1:48 pm, Michael Havens wrote:
>     > Do ya all remember how I was compaining about my system being
>     slow? Well
>     > here is some of what is happening:
>     >
>     > I was watching the bootup and one of the first procedures was:
>     >       Loading hardware drivers
>     >(which took about 66 seconds)

>     >
>     > Then three lines appeared at the same time which may have some
>     bearing in
>     > this matter; they said:
>     >       SET: Misaligned resource pointer <hardware address> ....

>     >
>     > Here are a few examples of the slowness.
>     >       10 sec- kmail composer window (I didn't time an initial
>     kmail instance)
>     >       10 sec- susequent kmail instance
>     >       35 sec- first konsole of the day
>     >        6  sec- subsequently

>     >
>     > As previously stated, it was running normally until I installed
>     the new
>     > cards.

>     >
>     > Does anyone know what should be done to correct the problem? Yes,
>     I think
>     > reinstalling the system will fix it but I want to know how to do
>     it without
>     > starting over (again).

>     >
>     > Thanks guys (and gals).
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