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new MB for Presario 5000?
I'm thinking of getting an old Presario 5000 (5WV254) and installing a
new motherboard, CPU and RAM - keeping the drives, the PSU etc. and installing '98 Is this doable? I'd be happy to have something running at around 2GHz, and drive transfer speed isn't that important. Can anybody suggest an MB/CPU combination that would work? Are there any pitfalls to doing this? Thanks. |
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Depending on the model of Presario, the pitfalls are that the power supply is
not capable of handling a Pentium 4 (assuming that it is an ATX power supply), and that the connectors to whatever is on the front panel are proprietary to Compaq. A few months ago, I did some major surgery on a Compaq Presario with AMD CPU. The motherboard bit the dust due to dust and dirt inside the case. The power supply was ATX, but I ended up replacing the case and power supply, installing a generic motherboard in the replacement case, and moving everything else over to the new case. It worked out because I was able to adjust all the Windows drivers without too much trouble. I recommend replacing the case and power supply while you're at it... Ben Myers On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 02:44:24 GMT, Al wrote: I'm thinking of getting an old Presario 5000 (5WV254) and installing a new motherboard, CPU and RAM - keeping the drives, the PSU etc. and installing '98 Is this doable? I'd be happy to have something running at around 2GHz, and drive transfer speed isn't that important. Can anybody suggest an MB/CPU combination that would work? Are there any pitfalls to doing this? Thanks. |
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Unless you feel comfortable cracking the plastic connector on the front
panel wiring harness to try to fit with a different pin arrangement on the new motherboard, forget it. And that's if you can find a board with the same I/O port configuration on the back. HH "Al" wrote in message . .. I'm thinking of getting an old Presario 5000 (5WV254) and installing a new motherboard, CPU and RAM - keeping the drives, the PSU etc. and installing '98 Is this doable? I'd be happy to have something running at around 2GHz, and drive transfer speed isn't that important. Can anybody suggest an MB/CPU combination that would work? Are there any pitfalls to doing this? Thanks. |
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I've done it and its not as hard as everyone here makes it sound. 5000
series is a fairly nice case and a decent power supply. It is a real ATX supply. If you buy the MB new you will have a matching back plane. If you buy it used and the existing backplane dosn't work, just go without. The biggest problem you are going to have is (like everyone said) is the front panel connector. All you really need on the front is the powerswitch wires. I'm not looking at one now, but if you are even halfway proficient at wiring you should be able to make it work, espically if you ignore the front USB and pretty lights. One trick I've used is to split the harness w/ a razor blade to make individual pins. NewEgg.com has this board: http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProduc...185-036&depa=0 for dirt cheap. I installed one of these today for a customer (similar situation Gateway PC was dead and I needed a MB for cheap that would support a duron 800) . Match that to a sempron processor and 256mb of RAM and you will be flying |
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Al wrote: that's fantastic, just what I was wanting. I've spent a good deal of time researching, after the pointers you gave, then settled on the Sempron 2400. How does that cpu, at 1.66GHz, compare to a Celeron at say, 2.0? BTw, I have a PcChips MB in the computer I'm on now, and never had a problem with it. Would I have to reinstall '98 for the new MB? On the reinstall, I would say yes, just because it will help 98 be more stable. Most likely you can get away with just a swap out, and reinstall all the new chipset drivers, but you price for doing that is stability of the OS. Sempron 2400 vs. Celeron D. Humm, I am not really sure, but I'd guess that they were most likely comparable. It dosn't sound like you are trying to build a gaming or video editing machine. So then price becomes the issues, and the Sempron wins totally. |
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On 25 Jan 2005 18:18:20 -0800, wrote:
I've done it and its not as hard as everyone here makes it sound. 5000 series is a fairly nice case and a decent power supply. It is a real ATX supply. If you buy the MB new you will have a matching back plane. If you buy it used and the existing backplane dosn't work, just go without. The biggest problem you are going to have is (like everyone said) is the front panel connector. All you really need on the front is the powerswitch wires. NewEgg.com has this board: http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProduc...185-036&depa=0 for dirt cheap. I installed one of these today for a customer (similar situation Gateway PC was dead and I needed a MB for cheap that would support a duron 800) . Match that to a sempron processor and 256mb of RAM and you will be flying the PSU is dps-200pb-103e 250Watt It has neither the 2x2 ATX12V, nor the 6-pin AUX connector. I see some vendors describing it as an AT power supply. But elsewhere, I see it said that since it has 5v (and it does, according to its label), then it must be ATX. The main power connector is indeed a 20-pin ATX connector. But without the auxilliary power output cables, can it still run a Sempron 2400+ in the board that you reference above? Thanks. |
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