Upgrading a Compaq Presario 5000c

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Hello,

I have an old Compaq Presario 5000c which has a Duron 800 Mhz
processor and
128 MB of RAM. Is it feasible to upgrade this computer? I was thinking
of putting a
new economy motherboard in it,

(PC Chips (M810LMR-Ver7.0) Athlon/Duron/XP Ready SiS730S Chipset
w/Audio/Lan/Video UDMA-133 Micro 2PCI 1AGP ATX (No IO SHIELD, No
Accesories, No Drivers) 60 Day Warranty DEMO Board 1 $15.00 $15.00)


so I can use a spare 512 MB DDR chip because that RAM that's compatible
to the current board is overpriced for what it is. . I have a few extra
power supplies that I could also use. I don't care if I have to modify
the case a little to make everything fit together.
or throw everything into another case I have lying around..It's a
utility computer I use to run one program that operates a milling
machine, so it doesn't have to be extremely fast, but I'd like it to be
a little faster, if possible. Any thoughts or suggestions appreciated.

Jesse
 
On or about11 Jun 2006 07:56:40 -0700, "jdk" <[email protected]>
defied logic with:

|Hello,
|
| I have an old Compaq Presario 5000c which has a Duron 800 Mhz
|processor and
|128 MB of RAM. Is it feasible to upgrade this computer? I was thinking
|of putting a
| new economy motherboard in it,
|
|(PC Chips (M810LMR-Ver7.0) Athlon/Duron/XP Ready SiS730S Chipset
|w/Audio/Lan/Video UDMA-133 Micro 2PCI 1AGP ATX (No IO SHIELD, No
|Accesories, No Drivers) 60 Day Warranty DEMO Board 1 $15.00 $15.00)
|
|
|so I can use a spare 512 MB DDR chip because that RAM that's compatible
|to the current board is overpriced for what it is. . I have a few extra
|power supplies that I could also use. I don't care if I have to modify
|the case a little to make everything fit together.
| or throw everything into another case I have lying around..It's a
|utility computer I use to run one program that operates a milling
|machine, so it doesn't have to be extremely fast, but I'd like it to be
|a little faster, if possible. Any thoughts or suggestions appreciated.

Installing a couple of 256 mb sticks of pc133 sdram will give a
significant boost to the Compaq. Note here that it is sometimes very
hard to make generic brands of RAM work in the old Compaqs.

I would stay away from the pc chips board and just have a look around
NewEgg for a combo deal.
http://www.newegg.com/ProductSort/SubCategory.asp?SubCategory=446 This
will save you a lot of headaches. Down time on a milling machine can
get expensive.
--

-John

Artificial Intelligence stands no chance
against Natural Stupidity.

Lynx users are like the Amish of the Internet.
 
Hi John,

Thanks for your reply.. there does seem to be some good deals in that
dept on New Egg. I have another question, but I'll post it as a new
topic.

Jesse
 
I went out to meet a friend for brunch Sunday morning and noticed one
of the neighbors had put an old computer out to the street.. it held a
Pentium III 650 which didn't interest me, but I did salvage the RAM..2
64 chips and one 128 The Presario didn't recognize it at first, so I
put one stick in at a time and rebooted in-between addinge each memory
stick...it worked.... 2 slots with 64 and one with 128...so I'm up to
256 now, and I'm happier. :-) It's good enough for what I need it for.

Thanks,

JDK
 
On or about13 Jun 2006 06:47:43 -0700, "jdk" <[email protected]>
defied logic with:

|I went out to meet a friend for brunch Sunday morning and noticed one
|of the neighbors had put an old computer out to the street.. it held a
|Pentium III 650 which didn't interest me, but I did salvage the RAM..2
|64 chips and one 128 The Presario didn't recognize it at first, so I
|put one stick in at a time and rebooted in-between addinge each memory
|stick...it worked.... 2 slots with 64 and one with 128...so I'm up to
|256 now, and I'm happier. :-) It's good enough for what I need it for.
|
Good, I am glad to hear that your bad luck finally broke. Happy
milling.
--

-John

Wow, I am 2 months past my expiration date and still edible.

Artificial Intelligence stands no chance
against Natural Stupidity.

Lynx users are like the Amish of the Internet.
 
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