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propagandafreegal Donating Member (452 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 08:30 PM
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Techies: How can I verify the speed of my CPU using dos or
some command during my boot up.

I'm running Win 98 first edition!

Thanks!
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niceypoo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 08:32 PM
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1. do this
Start/run

In the run box type dxdiag

that gives you the directX dialog with all your system info
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Must_B_Free Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 08:41 PM
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2. it is in the POST usually
unless you have some brand that hides it.
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Florida_Geek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 08:45 PM
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3. DO not DO that command if you are running XP
It froze my machine hard. And it was the old power off to restart it.

WARNING
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niceypoo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 08:50 PM
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4. dxdiag wont hurt anything
Edited on Wed Dec-29-04 08:51 PM by niceypoo
your machine is screwed up. Im a network tech and use it every day on XP machines.
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Florida_Geek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 09:05 PM
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5. Or Microsoft wrote another shitty piece of software
that freezes some machines.

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