A Decent Computer for a Good Price

[F1N3ST]

I got 1 minute 7 seconds on a CELERON D ROFL! For the 1M PI test!

 

[sw123]

Well, he did build a nice PC My PC runs on 52 processes just fine.

 

[wolfram]

My PC runs on 52 processes just fine.

Does it boot fast with all those processes?

 

[Tenko]

I have a little problem. Whenever I am not using my computer, it goes into stand-by mode. When in stand-by mode, my internet turns on to stand-by mode also, so when I am downloading things, I can't let my PC idle for a half hour.
So anyways, I was wondering, is there any way to make my PC not go into stand-by mode?
Thanks in advance

 

[wolfram]

Go to the Control Panel, and then to "power options"

Make sure that all the options there say "never".
That should do the trick

 

[Tenko]

Wewt, thanks man!
Yur my hero!

 

[wolfram]

I'm glad mate

If you need further assistance, let us know

 

[Tenko]

Okey dokey
Thanks for all the help guys!

 

[sw123]

Does it boot fast with all those processes?

It boots sometime between 30 seconds to 1 minute...

 

[wolfram]

You have a fast HDD

 

[sellmesanity]

WOW man, almost 300 replies to this thread

haha yeah too many responses if you ask me, they are not even relevant to the topic anymore. Tenko, I say if you need more help you start a new thread.

 

[wolfram]

I agree with sellmesanity. You'll get more advice, with a new thread when you need further help.

Regards

 

[Tenko]

Yeah I can see that. The rest of the people don't want to bother to read everything to answer my stuff lol.
Jeez, 312 replies though, this forum is like the super-helper-deluxe forum lol.

 

[i_am_a_newbie]

Actually when noone knows the answer you'd be hard pressed to get a reply

You're just lucky!

 

[sw123]

You have a fast HDD

WOW. I didnt know that, it is a western digital model IDE on an Intel 845GV mobo, spinning at 7200 rpm...ive seen faster. It could be my new sstuff like my 768 MB ram...

 

[wolfram]

Well, a 7200RPM drive should be fast, especially if it has a 8MB cache.
Also, good RAM amount should help a lot

 

[sw123]

Not sure about its cache....btw what does a cache do and what is it for?

 

[howard_hopkinso]

I agree with sellmesanity and wolfram, it`s time to put this thread to bed lol.

sw123: See HERE for info on hard drive cache. If you need further help, please open a new thread in the appropriate forum.

Thread closed.

Regards Howard