HELLO HARDWARE GURUS-2 QUICK QUESTIONS.
1)RECENTLY UPGRADED MY PC TO LEARN ABOUT PC HARDWARE ie ASUS P5A-B SYSTEM BOARD.AMD K6-2
450 MHZ CPU,NEW 64MHZ PC-100 RAM,MAXTOR HDD.MY QUESTION IS I HAVE READ MANY MENTIONS OF BIOS UPDATE & FLASHING YOUR BIOS.MY UNDERS
TANDING TELLS ME WHICH I DID IS MANUALLY GO TO SETUP YOUR BIOS,WHICH TELLS BIOS WHAT HARDWARE & SETTINGS YOU WISH TO SAVE.I HAVE NOT DONE EITHER,CAN ANYONE BRIEFLY TELL ME THE PURPOSE OF UPDATING & FLASHING BIOS.THE DOCUMENT I AM READING ABOUT TELLS ME IT WORKS
IN DOS MODE,CAN I DO IT IN WINNT IF I WANNA
EXPERIMENT WITH IT–THANX
2)I HAVE ACTIVATED PERFORMANCE IN MY WINNT MACHINE & TASK MANAGER SHOWS ME MY MEM USAGE
GOES AS FAR AS 70 MB.INCREASED SWAP FILE IN EVERY PARTITION. NOTICE TREMENDOUS SLOWDOWN IN PERF.I DO NOT KNOW HOW TO STOP DISKPERF.
–ANY THOUGHTS WILL BE MOST WELCOME–AZIZ