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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