Processor Upgrade for old PC?
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According to Microstar you can use any Pentium 2 or 3 cpu between 233 and 700 Mhz.\nMake sure the one you buy is a slot 1 type and not a socket whatever.\nIt must support 100Mhz Front Side Bus (FSB) to work with your motherboard. Avoid the 133Mhz ones, so you'll be looking at 450, 500, 550, 600, 650 and 700 Mhz cpu's\nYou may need a bios upgrade but thats easy, get it here:\nhttp://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/bios/bos/spt_bos_detail.php?UID=105&kind=1\nCheck what version of 6119 you have to make sure it's compatible with the BIOS release, but I haven't had problems with faster cpu's in older boards before.\n\nAnother solution is to buy a motherboard and chip bundle to really fly, but you may have to change the ram as well.\n\nHTH\nAlan
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get a Dell Inspiron B130, it will do best for what you mentioned.\nhttp://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/basnb_b130?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&~ck=mn\n\nedit:\nthe only thing to upgrade is the memory, it should be at least 512MB, the rest is ok.
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Please define what you mean by "hardware technology". I can tell that that when you change you're processor, you'll likely need to reinstall Windows. It doesn't like that. Can't say how well Linux handles it\n\nEdit: Ahh, I see. Well aside from the aforementioned reinstall of your operating system, it really depends on what you upgrade from and to. Basically if your new processor is compatible with your current board, you'll just need the OS reinstall. If it is not, you'll need a new motherboard, and that can turn into a very large job. If you get a new motherboard you need to be sure that it's compatible with... everything else. For example if you have an AGP video card, make sure sure the new board has an AGP slot. If you have a sata hard drive make sure the new board has sata, if you have pc3200 ddr ram, make sure the new board supports pc3200 ddr ram, and so on... and so on... Even the case may need to be replaced, depending on the size of it vs. the size of the motherboard.
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its a hardware , so no upgrade for motherboards or cpu
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depends. If your upgrading then you are installing a faster processor, and if your downgrading then your installing a slower processor. Then only hardware that changes is the hardware that your changing, in this case the processor, but every thing around it on the mother board stays the same unless you change the mother board. For more info on processors and computers in general, give howstuffworks a try: \nhttp://computer.howstuffworks.com/
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maybe its time to get a new computer or upgrade the pentium 4 form 1.5GHZ or 2.5GHZ or higher
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depends on your other hardware.\n\nit requires replacing processor and most likely motherboard\n\nmost of the big upgrades require replacing many parts and most of the time results in large overhaul
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hi....i found the following link suitable as an answer to ur query....plz visit this link....i hope it will answer ur query....regards.\n\nhttp://www.systemshootouts.org/processors.html
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More details please..A PC300 is pretty old and was made for business use. I am sure it is not very upgradeable
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Try PowerLeap, it's an upgrade option using your existing PCI slot board of your PC. It's an on board complete CPU+Memory.
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If i was you i would completely dry out everything put the new ram to one side reinstall the old ram, then if and when the PC is running go to Crucial and use there scanner to find out exactly what sort of ram you can upgrade to.
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Your mother board's very old, you won't see a large boost in performance by putting in new RAM I wouldn't think.  It can only up to 1.55 GB at a slower speed.\n\nFrom the source website:\n\nSYSTEM MEMORY: \n3 X  DIMM sockets \nMax. 1.55GB   PC133/VC133 non-ECC SDRAM
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Upgrade CPU and add more RAM.
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PC100 and PC133 are backwards compatible.  Download a free utility over here, http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php it will tell you what kind of memory you have along with processor information and other tidbits about your system.
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You could upgrade the processor.  The highest processor you can upgrade to is a Pentium 233 MMX (the last model before Intel moved to the Pentium II format).  It's not much of an upgrade but it's up to you if it's worth the time to learn how to do it.  Money shouldn't be a probably as the 233 MMX probably goes for $5 or less on ebay or some flea market.\n\nTo open the Presario case, there are probably some screws on the left hand side in the rear (when looking directly at the front).  They secure the left panel to the case and consists of two (maybe three) screws.  If you tug at the left panel by pushing it towards the back and it still doesn't open, it might be a U-shaped cover and you'll need to unscrew the screws on the right panel on the rear.  Again, this may vary as different vendors had different ways to take the cover off.  I know that Sony desktops at the time didn't use screws but had pressure mechanisms that held the panel in place.
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Being a laptop the answer is "no". In general laptop processors are not upgradable. If they are it's usually cost prohibitive.
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Whats the make and model of the older computer (need that to look up the specs). If it's a desktop you may be able to install a NIC card into the computer.