TP750 Strangeness

["daniel (d.s.) hammett" <dhammett@nortel.ca>]

Hi Folks,

Ever since trying a new VESA driver for my TP750 (one that I found 
on the WD Web page - it's no good, don't try it!), the machine has 
been acting a little strangely and I wondered if any of you might 
be able ot help:

1. First of all, even though I turn the TP off using the little 
switch on the side, I also turn it off at the mains afterwards. 
Now when I turn the mains back on, the TP leaps into life. This 
never used to happen.

2. I have on of those parallel port CD-ROMs which I was getting 
a good transfer rate from ( >550kbyte/s ). Now I struggle to reach 
150kbyte/s. I have checked that LPT2 is selected using the PS2 
utility and the BIOS setup programme. I am wondering whether the 
CD used to bench mark the drive is critical?

3. The machine certainly feels alot slower than before particularly 
when loading Windows ( no funny comments, please).

I am preparing to reload the system programme tonight in the hope 
that cures the first two anomalies. I would appreciate any other 
suggestions if there are any.

Thanks in advance,

Dan.

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