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Comment on Is it possible to refurbish an ancient PC from 1996 to meet today’s technological needs? by Muzzy T

Muzzy T — Mon, 03 May 2010 08:54:59 +0000

box it, might be worth something in years to come, certainly more than it is now lol, get down to pc world

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Comment on Is it possible to refurbish an ancient PC from 1996 to meet today’s technological needs? by ProfQuill

ProfQuill — Mon, 03 May 2010 08:40:59 +0000

You’ve obviously got your answer by a landslide; about the only things that might be useful is to keep it as a spare and diagnostic tool if your main machine dies, then you can at least get to the internet in a pinch.

If you have broadband and a router, get a network card for it if you don’t have one already (about $10), so you can get online at a reasonable speed.

I’d stick with Win 98, with those components, no use upgrading the OS (but do a Windows Update; M/S doesn’t support ‘98 anymore, but the accumulated ‘98 updates will still load).

Memory is an interesting issue – because of its age, the older memory (probably PC 66/100) can be pricey depending on where you look, but I recently found PC133 memory for an older machine via an eBay seller for a good price; memory is almost always a worthy upgrade.

No matter what you decide, it probably still plays Solitare pretty well!
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Comment on Is it possible to refurbish an ancient PC from 1996 to meet today’s technological needs? by cdabexx

cdabexx — Mon, 03 May 2010 08:05:59 +0000

It will cost less to just buy a new one.
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Comment on Is it possible to refurbish an ancient PC from 1996 to meet today’s technological needs? by And you are?

And you are? — Mon, 03 May 2010 07:51:59 +0000

No…..I have a compaq presario from yore as well. It can have only 256mb ram and only pc64 at that. Mine has a celeron processor 333mghz. HP made them as thier cheapy. With a 8 gig hd. and Win Me. It doesn’t have enough memory for win xp. I know, i tried. Compaq require specials parts like a "Dell" You’re better off getting a different computer more in of date one. I bought a barebones kit plus a couple of extras for only $243.77 w/shipping, at http://tigerdirect.com And its fast and nice.
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Comment on Is it possible to refurbish an ancient PC from 1996 to meet today’s technological needs? by C-Man

C-Man — Mon, 03 May 2010 07:46:59 +0000

Put that sucker in the time capsule and get a new PC.. the cost & hassle of upgrading far exceeds the cost of a new machine.
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Comment on Is it possible to refurbish an ancient PC from 1996 to meet today’s technological needs? by Daniel da Silva

Daniel da Silva — Mon, 03 May 2010 07:05:59 +0000

It wouldn’t be worthwhile trying to upgrade this computer to run Windows XP, let’s say. It will run Windows XP, but it will be a really painful experience with just 64MB of RAM.

You could however, augment some of the components on it if you can find cheap parts for it on eBay, let’s say, and run a Linux distro for less powerful computers, such as VectorLinux Light on it. You could buy another stick of 64MB of RAM (if possible, I’m not sure how many DIMMs you’ve got right now). And go up to 128MB.

VectorLinux Light is a Linux distro for less powerful computers and will run on your 64MB RAM Presario, but I still recommend getting another 64MB if you can.

Of course you cannot expect it to offer everything a modern day OS / PC can, but you will be able to do basic things such as navigate the Web.

But other than that you really shouldn’t be spending much money on this PC, you’d be better off just building another one with modern components.

You can get VectorLinux Light from here:

http://vectorlinux.com/products
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Comment on Is it possible to refurbish an ancient PC from 1996 to meet today’s technological needs? by Jedi Master <S I T H><

Jedi Master <S I T H>< — Mon, 03 May 2010 06:42:59 +0000

by the time you find components that might work you could spend another $300 and get an updated system..
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Comment on Is it possible to refurbish an ancient PC from 1996 to meet today’s technological needs? by strawblueu

strawblueu — Mon, 03 May 2010 06:36:59 +0000

just buy a new computer, the old computer will not stand out to the modern needs
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Comment on Is it possible to refurbish an ancient PC from 1996 to meet today’s technological needs? by Mike L

Mike L — Mon, 03 May 2010 06:23:59 +0000

The only thing you could possibly salvage out of it is the tower, but since you'll have to replace everything else: motherboard, processor, fan/heatsink, ram, hard drive, power supply, video card, CD-Rom (to DVD-RW), etc etc etc. and a BRAND NEW empty tower with a 500watt power supply only costs $39, it's a waste of time.
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Comment on Is it possible to refurbish an ancient PC from 1996 to meet today’s technological needs? by Terry P

Terry P — Mon, 03 May 2010 05:45:59 +0000

Simply no, cause once you replace everything in it including the motherboard it’s a new PC. Not to mention that the new motherboard wouldn’t even fit in the case possibly……even then you would have to change out the under powered power supply with the incorect hook-ups for the new motherboard!

I hope this helps! Trying to upgrade this old machine would not be worth the $$.
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