Re: Who on the list knows old computers? MP3s won`t play back right.?

From: steve preston (steve239dak@yahoo.com)
Date: Sun Dec 31 2000 - 12:51:12 EST


Only MP3s have been the problem so far.But I have
gotten EXTREMELY interested in Napster lately.With my
luck,if I order the Dell I`ve been looking at,then
Napster will be a faded memory by the time it arrives!
Steve P.
--- Aurelio Lopez <alopez7458@netzero.net> wrote:
> Win95 and the MP3 player running on 16mb ram??! MP3
> is a processor hog, check out
> your system resources with and without running the
> player. More RAM will resolve a
> lot of your problems. Go to a local yocal computer
> store and see if you can get
> the style RAM you need. Hop this helps.
>
> Aurelio
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> steve preston wrote:
>
> > Yeah,I know it`s off-topic,but I had to cast my
> line
> > out in deep waters,here.Need maximum amount of
> help.I
> > have an old AST desktop (133mhz processor,16MB
> ram).I
> > have an 850 MB "c" drive and 1 gig "d" drive in
> > it,with a 56k modem.The computer does OK,but MP3
> files
> > will not play continuously,they keep stopping
> every
> > other second or so.They download fine,but keep
> hanging
> > up when I play them.(I do have a 16 bit sound
> > card,also.) Another thing,whenever I play an MP3
> > file,any commands take FOREVER to respond,and
> usually
> > won`t until the song is over.On the assumption
> that it
> > is a memory problem,I checked on the
> manufacturer`s
> > website.My computer takes 72-pin non-parity fast
> page
> > mode DRAM simms (2mx32-70ns).I`m guessing it uses
> two
> > 8MB boards.I had the cover off the thing,but I
> can`t
> > remember if there were two or three unused simm
> > slots.I have studied all the memory types on every
> web
> > page I can find.I know they make a 72-pin EDO ram
> > module,would that replace the DRAM modules in
> mine,or
> > are they even compatible with my machine? Where
> can I
> > find some extra memory boards for this? All I am
> > wanting to do with it is download MP3s onto my
> hard
> > drives,then connect my CD recorder to the analog
> > outputs of the computer,and make me something to
> > listen to in the DAK. BTW,yes,I know a new
> computer
> > would help,but I can`t afford the new Dell that I
> want
> > right now! Gotta wait a couple months at least.
> > Thanks.Steve P.
> >
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>

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