-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Gateway Question
- From: DeaconDeamon@xxxxxxxxxxx
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2008 11:18:23 +0000
Thanks Gman.
I'm not planning on putting much money into this I've got 4 hard drives
collecting dust ranging from 20 to 40 gigs. I'll try one of them. I also have
an old win98se oem install cd, from my first computer. I can put that on
without a problem.
I also think I'll d/l and burn to cd a copy of lenux.
After the compaq died, I was using a OOLLDD system had a 566 MHZ(?) CPU max-ed
out ram at 384mb. SLOW does not even begin to describe it. I keep it around
as a just in case unit.
Thanks
Steve
-------------- Original message --------------
From: GMan <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
> Hi Steve,
> You can use ANY speed drive you would like, but there may be an
> unrelated limit as to how much of a new drive would be recognized. Those
> possible limits are mostly imposed by the OS that's running on it, but can
> also be enforced by the chipset running the mainboard. I would only be able
> to fully investigate this if you can supply the mainboard's model number.
>
> On another note, that system was never intended to be used for WinXP,
> especially with that small amount of RAM installed, so I imagine it's
> crawling instead of running that OS. Since it most likely uses an older
> type of memory that is no longer in demand (SDRAM SIMMs), you're not going
> to find them cheap. You may want to consider using the system to test out
> various Linux distributions such as Ubuntu. Linux should run on it about as
> fast as WinXP runs on your main system.
>
> Peace,
> GMan
> http://reddit.com
> "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask!"
>
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> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Gateway Question
>
>
> >I was given an old gateway as payment for fixing a computer for a friend of
> >my landlord.
> >
> > It's a E Series 5400. 966MHz CPU and 256mb Of ram. 10 gig hard drive
> > running XP Home /SP2.
> >
> > I let both Crucial and Memory4all scan the computer to see what memory
> > upgrade is available. as told by both sites that this computer MUST have
> > the correct PC800 to work. Crucial did not show any and memory4all
> > showed only 512mb sticks for 199 USD. At that price I'm going to stay
> > with the 256 for awhile.
> >
> > I would like to put a different hard drive in, 10 gigs is just a little
> > to small. The hard drive in it is a Quantum Fireball EX 10.2 A. It has
> > 5400RPM. My question is do I need to use another 5400RPM or can I use a
> > 7200?
> >
> > A little long winded but I wanted to explain things.
> >
> > Steve
>
>
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