{"id":12922,"date":"2001-11-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2001-11-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/?p=12922"},"modified":"2007-04-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-04-27T00:00:00","slug":"aardvark-not-work-well-new-dell-pentium-3-4","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/aardvark-not-work-well-new-dell-pentium-3-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Why does my Aardvark not work well in my new Dell Pentium 3 or 4?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The new Dells have been found to have a problem with the Aardvark cards and the built-in network card. To check this, go to your Aardvark control panel, and check the PCI bus efficiency. It should be greater than 90%. If it is in the single digits, it will most likely not work correctly. Go into the BIOS by hitting F2 when the computer first turns on, and disable the built-in network card. This will also speed up the booting process greatly. See our PC Optimization Guide online for more steps to streamline your system. 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