Bryan Blumer wrote:
Hey guys,Hard drive size doesn't seem to be much of an issue with that particular machine. I have a Western Digital 80 GB hard drive in mine and am running 9.1 with 32 MB of RAM.
Kevin O'Grady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 12/1/04 12:39 PM:
In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: Kevin O'Grady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: 54/5500 mobo in 5200? Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 12:44:43 -0500
On Nov 30, 2004, at 9:43 PM, Gene Osburn wrote:
Anybody here ever transplanted a 5400 or 5500 mobo into a 52xx series case? What kinds of mods are necessary? Recommendations?
Pax,
I have accomplished this task several times. It's a good way to breath new life into an old machine. Just pull the motherboard and swap. Everything is on the mobo. It just slides in and out. Drawback.... MAX ram is 136, not sure what the max size hard drive would be, but on the brighter side they use the cheaper IDE/ATA drives. Parts should be very reasonable, and you can equip these units with internal modems or ethernet and USB with use of angle adapter.
Kevin
I've recently done the same thing... I took a 6500/250 board and threw it into my 5200 case to build an old school gaming station.. Monkey Island, King's Quest, Liesure Suit Larry... That kind of thing.. But upon booting with the new mobo, the entire screen has a yellow tint to it.. Is this fixable? Worth it? Or should I just find a new carcass to stuff the mobo into?
-tia -nathan
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