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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Cancer / December 2004off line for a few days
I'm may upgrade my Pentium I to a Pentium IV in the next few days. Since I am buying parts and installing them, I am not sure how long it will take. WOn't happen until tomorrow. I got tired of the limited memory, weak graphics, and slow response time, but I kept putting it off because I didn't want to reinstall everything on my hard drives. I finally figured out that I could build a new box and slap in my hard drives from the old box, plus some upgrades like a faster CD.  SignatureI AM SPEWS (SLAPP PREVENTION ELECTRONIC WHITENOISE SYSTEM) "The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the day that they start making vacuum cleaners."--Doc in alt.privacy agent01413@my-deja.com said... > I finally figured out that I could build a > new box and slap in my hard drives from the old box, plus some upgrades > like a faster CD. Whoo! You made it to Christmas! I remember a few months ago you said you didn't think you would be still here, and here you are. Congratulations, Socks - I'm tidying the house in readiness for your visit in the Spring :-) Actually, that's not entirely true - I'm tidying (sort of) the house because my friend's coming back tomorrow to continue the wiring work he started before Christmas. However, since I'm in clearing and tidying mode (39 black rubbish bags went out last week and we're nowhere near finished!) I may as well prepare the spare room at the same time... SignatureAll the best to everyone in 2005 > I'm may upgrade my Pentium I to a Pentium IV in the next few days. > Since I am buying parts and installing them, I am not sure how long it [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > new box and slap in my hard drives from the old box, plus some upgrades > like a faster CD. You'll love your new faster machine....alex Not exactly Christmas greetings, but rumor has it that "Guess Who" <guesswho@guesswho.com> said: > You'll love your new faster machine....alex turns out it isnt as easy as I envisioned. I'll stick to the old one, or switch to my laptop. :-( SignatureI AM SPEWS (SLAPP PREVENTION ELECTRONIC WHITENOISE SYSTEM) "The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the day that they start making vacuum cleaners."--Doc in alt.privacy > turns out it isnt as easy as I envisioned. I'll stick to the old one, or > switch to my laptop. :-( Glad you've found an alternative solution, Socks. I hate to ask what the problem is. It sounded so easy, but so did mine before varioous people tried various things.. I've got a working solution, though not what I wanted. Best, J >> turns out it isnt as easy as I envisioned. I'll stick to the old one, or >> switch to my laptop. :-( [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Best, > J Supposedly there are some problems with drivers, particularly for the hard drives. Sometimes you can upgrade the mother board with zero problems. Sometimes you can't even boot. That would be consistent with hard drive problems. Since I have multiple machines, including a P3 and P4, I don't see any real reason to upgrade the P1. It's just that most of my development software is on the P1. > Supposedly there are some problems with drivers, arghhh....why did I know you were going to mention drivers. > particularly for the hard > drives. Sometimes you can upgrade the mother board with zero problems. > Sometimes you can't even boot. That would be consistent with hard drive > problems. Sometimes it's both. I was trying to revive my old one. He slipped the hard drive in but not affixed properly. I think it's hanging from the straps somewhere, then when installing Win 98, it crashed in the middle and he had to go, so he scribbled notes (while I was driving him home) as to how I update the drivers. But my mouse wasn't set up and using the arrows (in My Computer) on the keyboard didn't work. So when I rebooted, it goes into CMOS. I gave up. *sigh* ..now he says bring it to me..well, that's how this all started. He installed software I didn't want and not the software I wanted...arghhh.. so it's still sitting here waiting for somone to get it up and running again (the way I want). I'm on the newer one, I don't like it. (but it works :-) > Since I have multiple machines, including a P3 and P4, I don't see any real > reason to upgrade the P1. "famous last words"? > It's just that most of my development software is on the P1. I actually envy people who (every 6 months) reformat their hard drive and start fresh. But I've got stuff on there, I don't want wipe out.. Who said computers make less work? there's Em's mother calls her emails over to Em <g> J nocontact@nospam.inv said... > Who said computers make less work? there's Em's mother calls her emails over > to Em <g> <grin> SignatureAll the best to everyone in 2005 - Em I got tired of the limited memory, weak graphics, and slow response time, Me too, but my doctor can't seem to help. Mel > I'm may upgrade my Pentium I to a Pentium IV in the next few days. > Since I am buying parts and installing them, I am not sure how long it [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > new box and slap in my hard drives from the old box, plus some upgrades > like a faster CD. |
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