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

To: Zeuspaul who wrote (1394)	6/17/1998 1:54:00 AM
From: Zeuspaul	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

The Compaq Upgrade...suggestions for socket 7 mobos? I can't decide on the BX system so maybe I should build the socket seven machine first. It will be a lot cheaper and I will not have to build a machine and then take it apart. I will need a socket seven mobo, case, modem, video and, sound card. Hopefully I will be able to use the CD-ROM, floppy, Pentium 200 mmx CPU, SCSI adapter, NIC and 32 MB of the RAM as 16 MB of the 48 MB is integral. (DIMMS I believe) I will use the new IBM Deskstar HDD. I will add a second harddisc as a KOTD (Keep On Truck'n Drive, NOT a backup drive). This will require bios with IDE harddisc boot selection options. Comments? Zeuspaul

To: Zeuspaul who wrote (1394)	6/17/1998 8:18:00 AM
From: Sean W. Smith	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

You Learned a valued lesson.... Never buy a presario..... i HATE these computers. Highly compaq proprietary I have four customers that have these POS and I cringe every time I have to touch one. I have everything from hardware incompatiblity, to software incompatibility, to poor service and support from compaq. FYI. Deskpro's are much betterbut more $$$. Sean