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Thanks Wilty!!
--- In equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "wilty van rees"
<wvanrees@xxxx> wrote:
> I had a similar experience with explorations (about 1000 equities):
> PC 733 MHz 256 MB:
> - win98: about 30 seconds
> - win2k: 400 - 800 seconds
> PC 2.6 GHz 1024 MB:
> - winxp: about 25 seconds
>
> To me it looked like a problem with win2000. I never found the
reason, but I
> suspect the ACPI assignment of IRQ's. In my case all PCI devices
shared the
> same IRQ. In general my pc performed much better with win98 than
with win2k.
> Often some little hiccups or stuttering under win2k, not running
smoothly.
> Info about the assignments of IRQ's can be found in the Control
Panel,
> System, Hardware tab, Device Manager button. Choose 'Resources by
type' in
> the View menu. Expand the Interrupt request entry.
> By the way I could live with it, so I don't know if the ACPI/IRQ
really
> caused the performance problems.
>
> Take care, I'm not a hardware specialist. The assignment of IRQ's
is very
> essential, wrong assignments can stop your PC functioning. The
problem may
> be something else.
>
> More info of course on the internet, e.g. search for:
> acpi windows2000 irq
>
> I've enclosed an article of pcaudiolabs about the ACPI/IRQ subject.
>
> Good luck,
> wilty
>
> http://www.pcaudiolabs.com/setuptips.asp
> Switching from ACPI mode to Standard PC Mode (Win2000/XP)
> Written by: pcAudioLabs.com
>
> Problems with single CPU systems and Windows 2000 and XP
> If not indicated otherwise, this text refers to Windows 2000 and
Windows XP.
>
> NOTE: The following is just one solution to fix problems
assciociated with
> Digital Audio playback and recording on a PC. This solution is for a
> specific problem which causes all of your devices to share the same
IRQ.
> Please make sure that this is your problem before you attempt this
solution.
> If you are performing a fresh installation of Windows 2000/XP, we
recommend
> a Standard PC installation as discussed in the following paragraphs.
>
> The main problem is the automatically chosen ACPI mode (*1) during
> installation. Windows 2000 will use only one IRQ (9) for all PCI
devices.
> Normally this should be no problem, but in the case of IRQ sharing,
the
> computer suffers from bad performance. The computer won't crash, and
> everything works, but not as well as it should. Two examples: When
using a
> Sound card, USB or MIDI device, operation will result in audio
stuttering
> even at highest latency. Data transfers via a network card in the
background
> will disturb audio playback significantly.
>
> The remedy is to change from ACPI to Standard-PC mode. Here's 2
ways how to
> do it:
>
> 1. If you are installing Windows 2000/XP for the first time:
>
> Check the Motherboard BIOS: the entry Plug and Play OS in your
motherboards
> BIOS should be set to 'NO'.
>
> During installation of Windows 2000:
>
> The mode Standard-PC can be selected in the beginning of a Windows
2000
> installation. Hit F5 when you are asked to press F6 to install SCSI
RAID
> device drivers (blue screen). After 5-10 seconds you will be given
the
> option to set up your computer as a Standard PC.
>
> 2. If Windows 2000 is already installed:
>
> Go to Device Manager (Control Panel > System > Hardware), click on
> 'Computer', then double click on 'ACPI-PC'. Go on with 'Driver'
and 'Update
> Driver'. Select 'Display a list of the known drivers for this
device', then
> 'Show all hardware of this device class'. Now you can
select 'Standard-PC'
> in the list shown in the right window.
>
> Windows 2000 will re-start and re-install all hardware. After this,
the PC
> will use the BIOS' IRQ assignments. After the successful
reorganization your
> device manager should look like this:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Disclaimer: The assignment to Standard PC bears risks and is not
recommended
> by Microsoft. Eventually you will have to reinstall Windows and re-
select
> the Standard PC mode during the installation. Further information
you can
> find in the Microsoft knowledgebase (support.microsoft.com).
>
> The ACPI problem is not as severe with Windows XP, as Microsoft has
> introduced a number of beneficial changes. However, it might still
occur
> that ACPI mode has to be deactivated manually with some system
> configurations. The procedure here is in principle the same as with
Windows
> 2000.
>
> Please go through the following steps to further optimize your
system (for
> Windows 2000 and XP):
>
> For an optimized performance the system performance should be
changed to
> 'optimized for background tasks':
> To use ASIO at lowest latencies under Windows 2000/XP single CPU
systems,
> the 'system performance' has to be optimized for background tasks.
Go to
> Control Panel > System > Advanced > Performance Options. Change the
default
> 'Applications' to 'Background tasks'. The lowest usable latency
will drop
> from 23 ms to around 3 ms.
>
>
>
>
>
> (*1) ACPI = Automatic Configuration Power Interface
>
> close window
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "pmgoody2000" <no_reply@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 2:58 AM
> Subject: [EquisMetaStock Group] Exploration ?
>
>
> > Hello,
> > I am a Metastock noob. My question is how long does it normally
take
> > to run explorations? I am using the Metastock MACD buy signal
> > exploration and it is looking in a folder with 13,000 equities. It
> > says it will finish on Friday????
> > Computer specs:
> > amd 1.0 ghz
> > 384 MB RAM
> > win 2K
> > Is this normal????
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
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> >
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