My computer is about 3-4 years old that is currently running on 30 GB hard drive and 256mb DDR ram PC2100+, 1.73 GHz AMD Athlon. I'm not exactly sure what kind of a hard drive I have and not sure if SATA will be compatible with my somewhat outdated computer. I'm also trying to upgrade to 2x512Mb ram memory. Any comments or advices?
2006-11-27 10:22:27 · 4 answers · asked by brand_new_pops 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
You would need a new system. Your motherboard most probably does not use SATA. By a new system I mean new motherboard, hard drive, memory, and of course CPU. All the other stuff you can simply transfer over, like cd or dvd drives, video & sound cards. Most of the new comps can handle up to 2gigs of DDR Ram. It might be a good idea to invest in a new system that is Microsoft Vista ready.
2006-11-27 10:33:15 · answer #1 · answered by bravadoca 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your question is a touch complicated to respond to yet i ought to leave the former force out of the equation for now. deploy the sata drives and in the experience that your bios helps set the DvD force because the first force and the hot not difficulty-free force to 2d and set the boot order besides from the DvD force first and the not difficulty-free force 2d. If installation homestead windows XP you'll want the raid drivers out of your computing gadget or motherboard producer as XP has no idea what a sata force is. If the computing gadget has a floppy force you may deploy the drivers to a floppy disk and deploy them at the same time as the homestead windows deploy asks for third party drivers. A cd will paintings also. once homestead windows is put in and dealing you may deploy the former 15 gig force on the IDE cable. once you reboot the force must be detected. you may reproduction the archives you want with the help of the My computing gadget icon (in spite of the indisputable fact that the force letter assigned to it) as i imagine this is the way in which. If each and every thing works the way it ought to the total procedure must be difficulty-free. With computers you under no circumstances comprehend in spite of the indisputable fact that.
2016-11-27 02:32:38 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can give you a link that deals with hard drive problems.
Some RAM/ hard drive problems can be easily fixed yourself by using easily available tools. I found the info at http://fixit.in useful
2006-11-29 00:19:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
should be simple to tell if your motherboard can take a sata hard drive...just look for the SATA connectors on it....here is an ilistration of what you are looking for http://www.pcstats.com/articleimages/200504/hddinstall_sata2.jpg
hope that helped.
-Doc-
2006-11-27 10:29:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋