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Compaq EN P600 w/i820 chipset upgrade questions
Hi A relative has been given a Compaq EN Series. The case is not a vertical 'tower', but horizontal. The case is meant to be placed right on top of a desk, with the monitor placed on top of it. There is a sticker on the top-front-right hand side of the case that reads: Compaq END/P600/13d/4/128c US Compaq serial NO. 6008 DH95 A134 This PC has the following specs: i820 Chipset 600 Mhz Pentium III (x86 Family 6 Model 8 Stepping 1 GenuineIntel ~597 Mhz) 128 MB PC800 RDRAM (with blank installed for continuity) Disk Drive: 13GB Maxtor 91366U4 IDE Controller: Intel 82801AA Bus Master IDE Controller Video card: Matrox Millenium G400 - English CD-ROM: Compaq CRD-8400D Monitor: Samtron 77V Sound: AC'97 Driver for Intel 82801AA Controller Upgrade Questions MEMORY I would like to remove the 128MB PC800 RDRAM modual and the blank modual, and add two 256MB PC800 moduals, to give a total of 512MB of physical memory. Does this Compaq i820 chipset motherboard require ECC memory, or can I turn ECC off in the BIOS, and install non-ECC RDRAM? Is the motherboard picky, or can I install any non-ECC RDRAM? Also, if I choose to go with PC600 RDRAM, will there be significant drop in performance compared to PC800? BIOS I was told by the original owner that the BIOS in this PC is not stored in a flash ROM but on the hard drive itself. I'm not sure about this myself. I have read about hardware diagnostics, or something to that effect being stored on the drive in some user group postings. If I do a zero fill on the disk, is there an easy way to restore this piece of software? NEWER VIDEO CARD AND INCREASED OVERALL POWER REQUIREMENTS I have an nVidia GeForce 2 32MB (Dell), and a GeForce 3 64MB (OEM) laying around. I was thinking of swapping the Matrox out for one of these cards. Will the PSU handle the extra load of the Geforce 3 without reboots or lock-ups? OS AND APPLICATIONS The eventual goal is to run Windows XP, while being stable, and snappy. The current Windows 2000 Pro install from Compaq has developed some bugs, displays errors a boot, and occasional blue screens after running for a day. Also she would like to try The Sims! 2 which needs more memory and a video card with transform and lighting. Many thanks in advance for a reply to any of these questions. I have tried a few searches in Google, Google Groups, and Compaq's site, and have gotten spotty info. Edward Crismond |
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