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RWhite
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No, I don't own a P4 system yet (Athlon & P3 for me). But I came accross this short story in the latest Langa List tech newsletter ( http://www.langa.com/newsletters/2003/2003-01-30.htm ). It looks like it would be of interest to any P4 system owner - RW
New, Free "Application Accelerator" Available
This item might be of interest to anyone with an Intel-based PC running any version of Windows--- Win98, ME, NT, 2K, XP. (Note that the following item starts off sounding tightly-focused and XP-specific, but the benefits are actually much broader, and apply to all Windows versions.)
Hi Fred. I'm the admin for the tweakxp.com forums (
http://www.tweaknetwork.net/idealbb/ ). For some time now
we've been getting the odd complaint about XP reporting the
Your System Has No Paging File, or the Paging File Is Too
Small error message and all standard troubleshooting efforts
have failed to identify the cause or correct the problem short
of a full format and reinstall of the OS. Well, it turns out
it's due to certain Intel Chips and can be cured with a simple
installation of the Intel Application Accelerator! MS has
posted KB Article #316528 addressing this issue and it can be
found here
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;316528 .
We've recommended the fix a couple of times on our site and
are told that not only does it rectify the pagefile problem
but seems to free up some additional ram.
Hope this can help some of your other readers.---Allan
Thanks, Allan. I knew about the "Application Accelerator," but the last time I looked at it, it was just a glorified way of enabling hard drive DMA settings in systems using Intel hard drive controller chips.
I hadn't realized the software was evolving so fast--- there have been four upgrades to it in the last year alone. The newest version, in addition to being able to fix the specific issue Allan mentions, also claims to offer (and seems to deliver) many more benefits:
Enhanced System Performance
Improved Application and Game Performance
Optimizations for Intel Pentium 4 Processors
Faster Boot Time
Large Hard Drive Support
Automatic Selection of Highest DMA Transfer Mode
Diagnostic Utility
One of the neat things the Application Accelerator showed me was that my system supports "Acoustic Management" of its hard drives, letting me trade off between raw speed on the one hand and nearly silent drive operation (no chatter) on the other. I never knew my drives had this ability, or that I could control it!
You can get the full spiel--- including how to tell if it's OK to run the Application Accelerator on your system--- at:
http://support.intel.com/support/chipsets/iaa/ .
Whether you're trying to solve the problem Allan mentions, or just want to explore what capabilities your controller and drives offer, check itout--- it's free!
New, Free "Application Accelerator" Available
This item might be of interest to anyone with an Intel-based PC running any version of Windows--- Win98, ME, NT, 2K, XP. (Note that the following item starts off sounding tightly-focused and XP-specific, but the benefits are actually much broader, and apply to all Windows versions.)
Hi Fred. I'm the admin for the tweakxp.com forums (
http://www.tweaknetwork.net/idealbb/ ). For some time now
we've been getting the odd complaint about XP reporting the
Your System Has No Paging File, or the Paging File Is Too
Small error message and all standard troubleshooting efforts
have failed to identify the cause or correct the problem short
of a full format and reinstall of the OS. Well, it turns out
it's due to certain Intel Chips and can be cured with a simple
installation of the Intel Application Accelerator! MS has
posted KB Article #316528 addressing this issue and it can be
found here
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;316528 .
We've recommended the fix a couple of times on our site and
are told that not only does it rectify the pagefile problem
but seems to free up some additional ram.
Hope this can help some of your other readers.---Allan
Thanks, Allan. I knew about the "Application Accelerator," but the last time I looked at it, it was just a glorified way of enabling hard drive DMA settings in systems using Intel hard drive controller chips.
I hadn't realized the software was evolving so fast--- there have been four upgrades to it in the last year alone. The newest version, in addition to being able to fix the specific issue Allan mentions, also claims to offer (and seems to deliver) many more benefits:
Enhanced System Performance
Improved Application and Game Performance
Optimizations for Intel Pentium 4 Processors
Faster Boot Time
Large Hard Drive Support
Automatic Selection of Highest DMA Transfer Mode
Diagnostic Utility
One of the neat things the Application Accelerator showed me was that my system supports "Acoustic Management" of its hard drives, letting me trade off between raw speed on the one hand and nearly silent drive operation (no chatter) on the other. I never knew my drives had this ability, or that I could control it!
You can get the full spiel--- including how to tell if it's OK to run the Application Accelerator on your system--- at:
http://support.intel.com/support/chipsets/iaa/ .
Whether you're trying to solve the problem Allan mentions, or just want to explore what capabilities your controller and drives offer, check itout--- it's free!
