Nath
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Does anybody know how i can find out the make and model number of my motherboard?? I want to upgrade the processor but i dont know what my motherboard can take. I've got Windows ME. If anybody can help i'd be most grateful.
Nath
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Gareth.O
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try sisoft sandra pro
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Adam-D
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just upgrade both mate itll be cheaper in the log run
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Nath
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Whats that???
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willay
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the manual?
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Nath
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PC was built for us by a friend ages ago so no manual.
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Nath
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quote:
Originally posted by Adam-D
just upgrade both mate itll be cheaper in the log run
Will i need a new tower or fan or anything??
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Drew
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wot cpu u got now?
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Nath
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AMD k6 500mhz if thats correct
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Adam-D
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if the psu is atx the you can just get a new board and chip
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Kieran McMutrie
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whoops double post. see below 
[Edited on 23-04-2003 by Kieran McMutrie]
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Kieran McMutrie
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quote:
Originally posted by Nath
AMD k6 500mhz if thats correct
If that's what you got now you'll defo need a new board. Yes you'll need a new fan too. Your psu is likely to be atx seeing as it's an K6 500 but I would get a newer one anyway they're well cheap. Your current psu is prolly not that powerful.
An easy(ish) way to tell your motherboard make is take your cover off and look on the board. There's normally a number on there somewhere you can punch into google and then find out what make it is. I'd guess it was gigabyte...
[Edited on 23-04-2003 by Kieran McMutrie]
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Adam-D
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if its a 300w psu he doesnt really need a new one
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Kieran McMutrie
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if its a 300w psu he doesnt really need a new one
That's true but I doubt it is to be honest. When K6-500's were being sold I don't think psu's above 250watts were that popular
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Adam-D
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ah right
im saving up for a router atm
then my pc then car friggin hell i need money
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Kieran McMutrie
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I have a Linksys Router matey. I'd reccommend them. How much are they nowadays? I got mine for £50 from buy.com a while back. Was a good deal at the time!
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Tim
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Or when you get a new PC just stick another card in your old one and use that as the router/firewall...
How configurable are those ickle hardware firewalls nowadays Kieran?
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Trotty
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Thats a bargain Kieran.
Bout £70ish now IIRC
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Kieran McMutrie
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Yeah i think they were £70ish when I got mine but Buy.com were offering £20 off vouchers if you hunted about.
They are very configurable but it took me a while to get the hang of it to be honest. The instructions were not the best.
I did think about sticking another network card in main machine but liked the idea of not having to always have the main computer on if the other wanted to surf. But they're both on 24/7 nowadays anyway!
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Trotty
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I didn't think the Linksys ones were too bad TBH - I've played with a few of these for work - mainly the Linksys and Netgear ones - all web based admin malarkey but the port filtering seems to confuse a lot of folk with the Linksys
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Kieran McMutrie
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I had a few problems accepting files at first from other people on the same router as me. Seemed to solve it once I upgraded my firmware
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Trotty
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Ah, MSN file transfer yeah? Seems to be a really common 'issue'...
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Kieran McMutrie
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quote:
Originally posted by Trotty
Ah, MSN file transfer yeah? Seems to be a really common 'issue'...
yeah exactly that mate. I had the right ports all set but wasn't having any of it. As soon as I downloaded the firmware upgrade it all worked. Was doing my head in. Thought there was summet wrong!
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Trotty
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Had it on loads of them - even if you put the PC in the DMZ or open every port in some cases! 
A firmware upgrade usually does the trick though
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