greetings to all here

Wrote:
not much you can do with it. It wont take a 40 gb drive, you cant put
a different MB it it. Processor is not upgradeable. Any parts you
find
(even on ebay) will cost you more than the machine is worth. IF you
really want to learn, go to newegg.com. You will be able to put
togather a *new* machine for less that $300. It won't be state of the
art, but it will work.

Use the hd from the old HP, the cddrive from the IBM and buy yourself
a
barebones kit.

thank you for the input . it's sad that i can't save it on the cheap -
i like that both sides of the tower come off for easy access to
whatever needs tinkered with .

just for asking sake , how do i find out what type of main board will
fit ?


--
The Ghost

Given the age of the computer (January 1996), my best guess is that a generic
board will not fit in the chassis. Back in the Pentium 1 era, Compaq made just
about every model quite proprietary.

Either spend a few nickels and dimes on memory, a faster CPU and a large hard
drive (say no more than $30??), or give up on it. You're better off with
something newer, faster and far less proprietary. With new Dell Dimension 3000
computers on sale regularly for $399, and other manufacturers competing on
price, even a newer used system (say a corporate removal?) does not command a
lot of bucks. If you are in the vicinity of Harvard, MA, off I-495 outside
Boston, I can fix you up with a reconditioned name-brand (Compaq, IBM, Dell)
system with warranty and legal copy of operating system loaded up for pretty
small change. If you are further away, cost of shipping becomes a factor and
the warranty becomes less valuable.

.... Ben Myers

On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 13:17:26 +0000, The Ghost
wrote:


Wrote:
not much you can do with it. It wont take a 40 gb drive, you cant put
a different MB it it. Processor is not upgradeable. Any parts you
find
(even on ebay) will cost you more than the machine is worth. IF you
really want to learn, go to newegg.com. You will be able to put
togather a *new* machine for less that $300. It won't be state of the
art, but it will work.

Use the hd from the old HP, the cddrive from the IBM and buy yourself
a
barebones kit.

thank you for the input . it's sad that i can't save it on the cheap -
i like that both sides of the tower come off for easy access to
whatever needs tinkered with .

just for asking sake , how do i find out what type of main board will
fit ?


--
The Ghost

9200 series motherboards were very propietary. Forget about replacing it.
The poster who said the processor is not upgradeable needs to have the facts
before he/she speaks. It certanly is upgradeable from a P120 to a P200,
non-MMX. Going to a 166-200MHz processor for less than $5 and upping the
memory by 32MB or more for $10-15 would be a worthwhile expenditure on the
9232. Any more would be throwing your money away, however.
HH

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Wrote:
not much you can do with it. It wont take a 40 gb drive, you cant put
a different MB it it. Processor is not upgradeable. Any parts you
find
(even on ebay) will cost you more than the machine is worth. IF you
really want to learn, go to newegg.com. You will be able to put
togather a *new* machine for less that $300. It won't be state of the
art, but it will work.

Use the hd from the old HP, the cddrive from the IBM and buy yourself
a
barebones kit.

thank you for the input . it's sad that i can't save it on the cheap -
i like that both sides of the tower come off for easy access to
whatever needs tinkered with .

just for asking sake , how do i find out what type of main board will
fit ?


--
The Ghost