Not a bad deal. I swapped processors in my early 2006 iMac 2.0 GHz CoreDuo for a 3.2 GHz Core2Duo and bumped the memory up from 2GB to 4GB, all for a grand total of $162. A cheap investment to extend the life of an otherwise functional machine.
Good deal. BioStar has been around for a while. They're just one of a million little manufacturers in Taiwan. Dan On Jan 16, 2012, at 8:27 AM, Allan Streib wrote: > To wrap this thread up... > > The new motherboard, CPU, and RAM arrived a few days ago. Everything > fit the Presario case nicely. After parsing the Chinglish instructions > for hooking up all the peripheral devices, I booted up. Windows > complained it was not "genuine" but I re-entered the product key from > the sticker and it activated without complaint. I am guessing for old > versions (this is Vista) Microsoft allows occasional reactivations, as > long as the same key is not being obviously re-used on dozens of > installs. Anyway all has been stable and solid for a couple of days > now, so I'm calling it good. > > For $136 he went from a single-core Athlon to a dual-core at roughly > twice the clock speed, and from 1GB RAM to 4GB. And I don't know how > well the motherboard was put together (brand-name is "Biostar") but it > looks at least as good as the old one (which was an Asus... not a thing > in that box was made by either Compaq or HP). > > Allan > > > Rich Thomas <richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> writes: > >> All the various mobos I have bought come with a CD and instructions on >> how to install the drivers for your OS install. I have not had any >> issues with winders thinking it was being stolen, seemed happy enough >> with the new hardware. Make sure your vid card and hard drives and >> CD/DVD drives etc will plug into the new board -- a lot of them are >> now SATA and don't have enough connectors for old drives. >> >> Newegg had some daily deal the other day for a package like that. >> >> --R >> >> On 1/9/12 7:29 PM, Dan Penoff wrote: >>> You can certainly try it without worrying about doing any damage. If it >>> does boot into the OS, you might have to get some of the hardware drivers >>> for things like the NIC and load them before you can run updates on it. >>> >>> Dan >>> >>> On Jan 9, 2012, at 7:13 PM, Allan Streib wrote: >>> >>>> As you may recall if you read this thread last week, it seems that my >>>> father-in-law's computer either has a bad motherboard or bad CPU, >>>> probably overheated if the latter. >>>> >>>> Spent a little time browsing the Newegg site and found a Micro ATX >>>> motherboard, 4GB memory, and dual-core AMD Athlon II CPU for about $140. >>>> Nothing spectacular at all, spec-wise, but would be a decent upgrade >>>> from what he has. >>>> >>>> Wondering what the chances are that the Windows Vista install on his >>>> hard drive will boot up and reconfigure itself for that hardware? The >>>> original board was a different brand, though it did have a single-core >>>> Athlon CPU. I don't have Windows install media. >>>> >>>> Thoughts/advice? >>>> >>>> Allan >>>> -- >>>> 1983 300D >>>> 1979 300SD >>>> >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>> >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > -- > 1983 300D > 1979 300SD > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
