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Pastimes : Dream Machine ( Build your own PC ) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: BubbaFred who wrote (1175)	6/7/1998 4:07:00 PM
From: Howard R. Hansen	Respond to of 14778

>>I would greatly appreciate getting suggestion / recommendation on how to upgrade my PC. Present system is an early 1996 Micron Millenia that has small hd that is compressed with Mijenix Freespace. Micron Support is not much help unless I buy components from them. They have been uncooperative and had made me uninstall all upgrades (Ram, video card, and modem) that I installed myself. This system frequently crashes or freezes. Norton Utilities doesn't help much, except keeps it running again after reboot.<< By upgrading do you mean replace the motherboard with a new motherboard? I know this is painful but from the amount of time you have spent on the problem and considering you and Micron haven't found the source of trouble yet this might be your best option. Otherwise I wouldn't recommending upgrading your present computer until you have fixed the problem that causes your computer to crash and freeze. It is very unlikely but if you tell us more about what causes your computer to freeze perhaps the participants on the Dream Machine thread can help you fix your present computer. What program are you running when your computer freezes? How often does your computer crash or freeze? Have you over clocked your computer? How many programs do you have loaded at one time when your computer crashes? Do you have any jumpers on your mother board you can use to change the CPU speed?

To: BubbaFred who wrote (1175)	6/7/1998 4:38:00 PM
From: Zeuspaul	Respond to of 14778

>> small hd that is compressed with Mijenix Freespace. << The first thing I would do is deal with the hard drive issues. Compressing is generally not a very good solution and may contribute to your crashes and freezes. You have two SCSI devices ( hard disc and CD-ROM). My guess is your SCSI controller will support 4 more SCSI devices. Finding a compatible SCSI hard disc and installing it should not be that difficult. Look in the case and see if you have a bay available. Also check out the SCSI cable and the available connectors. Determine the type of connector (pin count and configuration). Make sure there is an available connector on the power supply that will reach the drive bay. There are some good SCSI resources on the onward page of the auxiliary that can help determine the type INTERNAL SCSI connector you have. If you need help ask. Installing a SCSI drive is usually picking a SCSI ID that is not in use ( usually a jumper setting on the hard disc itself) plugging the SCSI cable and the power cable to the drive and then turning on the computer and formatting the drive. What is rating of your power supply? 250 watts? Zeuspaul

To: BubbaFred who wrote (1175)	6/7/1998 4:54:00 PM
From: Zeuspaul	Respond to of 14778

Two Flash Point LT (BT-930) tested drives. Most drives should work if the connector is right. developer.novell.com Test Configuration: Product Name: FlashPoint LT (BT-930) CD ROM Drive(s): 1 Toshiba XM-3601TA SCSI-2 [Firmware 0725] Hard Disk Drive(s): 2 IBM DORS-32160 UltraSCSI (2.063 GB) [Firmware WA6A] 1 Quantum XP34301 UltraSCSI (4.106 GB) [Firmware 1071] Vendor Product Description: The BusLogic FlashPoint LT (BT-930) is designed and optimized for high performance PC desktop systems. It incorporates the latest in SCSI technology, providing a single-chip board featuring 8-bit SCSI data transfer rates of up to 20 MB/s (UltraSCSI) and Plug and Play with SCAM Level 1. FlashPoint LT offers BusLogic's GreenLogic technology, which reduces power consumption when the SCSI bus is idle. It supports up to 7 SCSI devices, 32-bit bus master data transfer rates of up to 133 MB/sec across the PCI bus, SmartTerm configuration, and all major OSs, including Novell NetWare.

To: BubbaFred who wrote (1175)	6/7/1998 5:01:00 PM
From: Zeuspaul	Respond to of 14778

Internal SCSI ribbons You probably have a 50 pin connector delec.com picture delec.com

To: BubbaFred who wrote (1175)	6/7/1998 6:22:00 PM
From: Zeuspaul	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

To find a hard disc Try Storage Review first, click on features [ Check out the Seagate SCSI Hawk 4XL drive. (4.x GB)] storagereview.com To check prices and find vendors use Price Watch pricewatch.com To check vendor reputation try Sysop sysopt.com (give it time to load) Some good info on the Seagate site ATA, Narrow, and Wide hard disc connections PICTURE shop.seagate.com (copy and paste https links to address window) Storage Basics (indicates ultra is 50 pin) shop.seagate.com If you see wide in a drive designation it will be 68 pin and you would need a 68 to 50 pin adapter. If you look at a seagate drive product number, N stands for Narrow and W stands for Wide . for example Seagate Hawk 4XL ST34555W ( 68 pin connector ) Seagate Hawk 4XL ST34555N (50 pin connector ) Zeuspaul