On 2017 Aug 12 10:44:00, you wrote to me:

 EV>>> I Cloned a larger Hard Drive to put in my XP 32-bit PC.

 EV>>> After I got the new HDD in I increased the size of the paging file.

 ml>> it is actually better to add more memory than it is to increase the
 ml>> swap file... memory is much much faster than spinning rust...

 EV> The Motor Shaft is the only part of the HDD that can rust, isn't it?

it is jokingly called "spinning rust" because the stuff on the platters that
holds the magnetic field is iron oxide or similar just like the stuff on
reel-to-reel and cassette tapes 

 EV> The Motherboard has room for 4 1GB DDR 400 RAM sticks. The pc came
 EV> with two 512 MB sticks and I added two 1GB sticks to total 3GB.

 EV> My understanding is a 32-bit OS can address 3.8GB MAX.

 EV> Do You think it would be worth it for me to pull the two sticks that
 EV> HP placed in their computer and place two 1GB sticks in those slots?

ahhhh... you're using a 32bit OS so no, adding more than 3Gig likely won't do
anything for you...

 EV> Another idea I'd like to learn about is that I've read that a AMD
 EV> 4800+ CPU could be put in the 3800+ slot in this pc. Would I have to
 EV> change the Clock Crystal if I did that?

there is no clock crystal like there used to be yonks ago... at least not
anything that we can deal with...

 EV> I haven't checked, but I'd guess the price for 1GB DDR 400 RAM sticks
 EV> and a AMD 4800+ CPU (because they are "old technology" wouldn't hurt
 EV> my wallet much.

for ~$500US, one can get a very nice 8-core system with 16Gig of RAM and
assemble it themselves... case and all with a 500W or larger power supply and a
 1TB hard drive with a DVD reader/writer...

 EV>>> I was thinking having a larger paging file would stop Firefox from
 EV>>> crashing but Firefox has crashed since the new HDD got put in.

 ml>> firefox has a means to report its crashes... have you been allowing
 ml>> those reports to be sent to them for analysis? are you running the
 ml>> latest version? it may be time to let that old OS go since it is no
 ml>> longer supported and more programs that might have operated on it are
 ml>> also no longer supported in that environment...

 EV> I send Crash Reports to Mozilla every time one pops up on the screen
 EV> for Firefox or Thunderbird, and usually type some comments before I
 EV> click the Button.

the problem here may be that they are not doing anything because you're running
 an old TBird on an unsupported, EOLed OS... have you actually gone to the
mozilla bug tracker and looked to find your reports and what their resolution
is?

[chomp]

 ml>> i would probably have tried to replace it with a metal spring but
 ml>> some assemblies don't allow for that level of repair...

 EV> The spring and button are one piece of plastic.

 EV> The 'spring' portion is a flat wavy pattern that is about one inch
 EV> wide and about one and a half inch long on each side of the Power
 EV> button.

 EV> I took photos of the broken part, so I'll send one or two pictures to
 EV> Your Email address.

ok...

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