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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 |
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