~aschuth
Tue, Jun 8, 1999 (12:30)
seed
"Get up, take your bytes and walk!" - now, nobody comes by and gets your old crate back to date with putting his hands on and a spell.
But there are nearly always somethings you can do to crank up the old box a bit.. Post your upgrading-questions and tips here!
~aschuth
Tue, Jun 8, 1999 (12:42)
#1
RAM: there is no such thing as ENOUGH memory. What was sufficient when you bought it, is likely to be too little today.
Do you know how much RAM the PC has at the moment? When the machine boots up, it shows the size of RAM on the screen...
Find out what and how much RAM your PC's mainboard can handle. Look in the documentation of the PC or board. If there is no documentation available, pull all power plugs (machine assumed switched off), open case, and look for a type name on the mainboard (the thing where all the stuff is sticking out from).
Find out manufacturer (e.g. Asus), model/type and revision. On the WWW, all manufacturers offer support - look for the site in question (e.g. http://www.asus.com ). You can find all documentation to your board there.
If necessary, print the details concerning memory/RAM for your type of board, and take it to a PC parts shop. Show them what it says, and see what they'll recommend.
Note: Since you upgrade, in most cases you might want to upgrade to the maximum, getting the most out of your effort. No use to do half measures now, and go back to do something serious in 6 months.
~aschuth
Sun, Jun 13, 1999 (05:38)
#2
Processor Upgrade: Does anybody know how upgrading with IDT's WinChip processors works?
Those are Socket 7 CPUs w/ AMD's 3D NOW! and Intel's MMX technology onboard, comparative in power with Pentium II processors. Supposedly the only choice for upgrading PCs with older mainboards with single voltage of 3,5 V. Plus they are supposedly REALLY inexpensive...
~KitchenManager
Sun, Jun 13, 1999 (10:16)
#3
hopefully, you've got a Socket 7 on your motherboard, in which case
you pop the old one out and the new one in...you may also have to do
a bios upgrade...
~aschuth
Tue, Jun 22, 1999 (13:03)
#4
Socket 7 'r' us.
Ever done that before?
Anyway, the WinChips (called W2 in Germany) are hard to come by... Asked in about 8 stores, and they wouldn't know what I'm talking about or order them!
Gonna wait for some more dow, and go to a mailorder... There's more stuff I'd like to have...
~zx6rider
Sat, Dec 2, 2000 (11:58)
#5
I have a Gateway Solo 5150 laptop. I bought it almost 2 years ago. It has a Pentium PII 330Mhrz processor an 96MB of RAM. Gateway doesn't upgrade laptops. I love my laptop... I don't need anything changed but the processor and maybe more RAM. Can I upgrade the processor on this computer?
~sprin5
Sat, Dec 2, 2000 (13:36)
#6
I would dig around on Gateways website. Too bad Gateway's taking such a both on the market, but whoi ins't these days?[D[D