N440BX as a desktop computer?
 

I work with a high school band program that just had 3 of the following
systems donated to us...

n440bx
Columbus II Chassis
PIII 600mHz
9GB SCSI hard drive
40x CDRom
1GB RAM
1.44 floppy drive
keyboard
mouse

Right now, we have 2 offices that each have pIII 450mHz desktops.

My thought is to use the donated computers as new desktops in the offices.
I would probably install Windows XP and use the monitors from the current
systems. Since we only need 2, I would take the processor out of one of the
donated computers, and put it in one of the others, making it a dual PIII.

Not knowing much about servers at all, can anyone tell me if there are any
problems with doing this?

Thanks for you time,
Tom Traini

On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 18:39:33 -0400, "Thomas Traini"
wrote:

I work with a high school band program that just had 3 of the following
systems donated to us...

n440bx
Columbus II Chassis
PIII 600mHz
9GB SCSI hard drive
40x CDRom
1GB RAM
1.44 floppy drive
keyboard
mouse

Right now, we have 2 offices that each have pIII 450mHz desktops.

My thought is to use the donated computers as new desktops in the offices.
I would probably install Windows XP and use the monitors from the current
systems. Since we only need 2, I would take the processor out of one of the
donated computers, and put it in one of the others, making it a dual PIII.

Not knowing much about servers at all, can anyone tell me if there are any
problems with doing this?

Thanks for you time,
Tom Traini


1. Run the XP compatibility wizard to check for hardware issues.

2. Remember, only XP Pro will see the second processor. XP Home is
strictly single processor. For an office machine, dual processor is
probably a luxury.

JT

"InsomniaKev" wrote in message
...
nice donated computers
so is the question that u want a dual cpu setup with a 450 and a 600?


Actually, the question is whether or not those server boards will work well
for a desktop system. I don't know if there's anything "server-specific" on
the n440bx that would make normal office applications unstable or
inoperable.