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Oh, and also, when in the bios if you have trouble getting there as the system gives you almost no time to click to get to setup. When you do get in there, tell it to run the 'power on self (memory??) tests. This takes about 5 seconds at all startups and gives you time to hit the key!! IF it takes too long normally. I just leave it enabled and hit the 'esc' key to proceed with out it. This machine has about 1/2 second to get to bios setting without it set to run 'POST' tests. That is why I run them each time. I usually hit the esc key and go on. All the post test does is run a simple ram checker that misses anything but a really hard failure in the ram anyway.

A friend has a windoze machine that runs fine with bad ram that linux dies on!! and it passes the post test!!!! Oh, well. Like I said, it is a gooood time extender for getting to the bios setup utility... Which on this ole Itzzy bittz machine netvista p40 wont boot from rom .. no place to setup except a, hd or from network!!! Oh, well, and the bios chip is soldered in!! Long live the boot flappy! :D :D :D