Compaq 5000 series 5WV271 specs question

Where can I find out how much memory this with take?
This box has ME can I upgrade to XP?
The cpu is a Athlon 900mhz

Any help would be appreciated
Jim

You can put up to a 256MB DIMM in each of the 3 DIMM slots for a max of
768MB. It came with a 64MB DIMM in slot one. Compaq has no drivers for XP
for your model on their website. XP may have them already except for the
modem, which it likely does not have. You could always pull the Compaq modem
and install a 3rd party one that comes with XP drivers.

HH

"Woodbutcher" wrote in message
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Where can I find out how much memory this with take?
This box has ME can I upgrade to XP?
The cpu is a Athlon 900mhz

Any help would be appreciated
Jim

In article , Woodbutcher
writes:

Where can I find out how much memory this with take?
This box has ME can I upgrade to XP?
The cpu is a Athlon 900mhz

Any help would be appreciated
Jim

According to www.crucial.com your system will take 768MB of ram.

http://www.crucial.com/store/listpar...=Compaq%2BPres
ario.&mfr=Compaq&cat=RAM&model=Presario+5000+Serie s+Model+5WV271.&submit=Go

I have the same system with 640MB (2 x 256MB and 1 x 128MB) but I'm running Win
ME on it.

Your box should run fine with Win XP, but I would max out the ram at 768MB to
run it. XP uses a lot of ram.

My XP home built box has 1.25GB of ram.

Darrin

Thanks so much for the response and the heads up on the modem
Jim


On Fri, 06 Feb 2004 10:48:49 GMT, "HH" wrote:

You can put up to a 256MB DIMM in each of the 3 DIMM slots for a max of
768MB. It came with a 64MB DIMM in slot one. Compaq has no drivers for XP
for your model on their website. XP may have them already except for the
modem, which it likely does not have. You could always pull the Compaq modem
and install a 3rd party one that comes with XP drivers.

HH

"Woodbutcher" wrote in message
.. .
Where can I find out how much memory this with take?
This box has ME can I upgrade to XP?
The cpu is a Athlon 900mhz

Any help would be appreciated
Jim

On 06 Feb 2004 11:33:04 GMT, (DARTORREY) wrote:

In article , Woodbutcher
writes:

Where can I find out how much memory this with take?
This box has ME can I upgrade to XP?
The cpu is a Athlon 900mhz

Any help would be appreciated
Jim

According to www.crucial.com your system will take 768MB of ram.

http://www.crucial.com/store/listpar...=Compaq%2BPres
ario.&mfr=Compaq&cat=RAM&model=Presario+5000+Seri es+Model+5WV271.&submit=Go

I have the same system with 640MB (2 x 256MB and 1 x 128MB) but I'm running Win
ME on it.

Your box should run fine with Win XP, but I would max out the ram at 768MB to
run it. XP uses a lot of ram.

My XP home built box has 1.25GB of ram.

Darrin



Thanks for the response and the link.
Jim

I've had excellent results with an Intel (Ambient) chipset PCI modem. It's
available for $10.95 at http://www.axiontech.com
HH

"Woodbutcher" wrote in message
...
Thanks so much for the response and the heads up on the modem
Jim


On Fri, 06 Feb 2004 10:48:49 GMT, "HH" wrote:

You can put up to a 256MB DIMM in each of the 3 DIMM slots for a max of
768MB. It came with a 64MB DIMM in slot one. Compaq has no drivers for XP
for your model on their website. XP may have them already except for the
modem, which it likely does not have. You could always pull the Compaq
modem
and install a 3rd party one that comes with XP drivers.

HH

"Woodbutcher" wrote in message
.. .
Where can I find out how much memory this with take?
This box has ME can I upgrade to XP?
The cpu is a Athlon 900mhz

Any help would be appreciated
Jim