I obviously need parts but where's the best place to go? Money is an issue.
2006-07-26 01:00:07 · 10 answers · asked by southforty1961 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
I agree with thunder2sys about www.crucial.com on the memory issue. Run the scan that they have, and it will tell you EXACTLY what your system is compatible with.
As far as video card, you need to find out if you need an APG or PCI adapter for your PC.
While both are easy to install, you need to investigate the drivers for the specific video card that you buy. In my experiences, the drivers that came on the installation CD were third party, and had compatiblity issue with XP. I'd recomend going to the manufacturers website to get drivers that are Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibllity Published. Any third party drivers I have installed, gave me instability issues that wound up being one big headache!
2006-07-26 01:22:29 · answer #1 · answered by pfc_weiss 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
To upgrade is very simple if you have the available bays remove the back panel and place your video card in the slots that is depending on the manufacture of your CPU sometime this slot is larger than the slot for the sound card after determine which slots is for which the hardware should slide right in and the same apply to the sound card. I like Best Buy for hardware. Hope this help!
2006-07-26 01:13:41 · answer #2 · answered by Shay 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-15 05:34:18 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very simple to do
Just need to be careful not to tinker with other things on the motherboard
Order the parts online tigerdirect.com
If you can identify the parts, then you can simply swap things out or add.
Be careful if you are adding a video card, need to first determine if you have an onboard video card.
Good luck and have fun.
2006-07-26 15:45:19 · answer #4 · answered by timmi900 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it is not hard. Most computer upgrades are simply plugging boards into slots. I would recommend www.tigerdirect.com
they also offer simple easy to follow instructions on their web page. They are extremely reasonable too.
2006-07-26 01:06:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
get your computer manual out, and see how to remove the cover, lay the tower unit down flat, unscrew the memory card and place the new one in.
2006-07-26 01:04:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not that hard to do. Go to a computer store nearby, and tell what you want. Just make sure that you got the right ones that fit your PC.
2006-07-26 01:06:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
for video card, figure out what you want and then check www.pricegrabber.com
For memory, although there might be less expensive places, check out www.crucial.com for the best answers and compatible memory for your machine.
2006-07-26 01:02:29 · answer #8 · answered by thunder2sys 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here's a good article on that:
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2006-07-26 02:03:28 · answer #10 · answered by arghhh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋