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Went into the BIOS, didn’t find any options for the FSB or adjusting the processor.
Guess I’ll just keep checking eBay or Amazon to see if anyone is offering a older Athlon with the 200 MHz FSB. They are getting rare/hard to find.
I had thought about getting a newer Athlon XP processor, but they all seem to have the 266 MHz FSB, and I’m not sure if the system would recognize the newer CPU. Don’t want to waste my money ...
The PC came with Windows Millennium Edition (ME). Awful, awful operating system.
Microsoft should have been kicked in the arse for releasing such crap. I upgraded it to Windows XP with a few added goodies (much better overall) I also went in with tweaking software to help remove any sluggishness that XP had. When support ends in 2014 for Windows XP, I may put some version of Linux on it.
Would adding a graphics cars help improve performance? I know gamers love them for playing resource hungry PC games, but do they also help improve overall system performance?
This is what I'm working with:
It’s a little hard to tell from the photos, but the HP case (chassis) is mid-to-small size. The motherboard is even smaller, but in ATX fashion. I’m pretty sure the mobo is a MircoATX form factor board. Not a lot of room, and not a lot of upgradability.
It should make a good pet project. But I’m glad my personal system is more modern and fast, else it would take forever to get to IMCDb ...
Guess I’ll just keep checking eBay or Amazon to see if anyone is offering a older Athlon with the 200 MHz FSB. They are getting rare/hard to find.
I had thought about getting a newer Athlon XP processor, but they all seem to have the 266 MHz FSB, and I’m not sure if the system would recognize the newer CPU. Don’t want to waste my money ...
The PC came with Windows Millennium Edition (ME). Awful, awful operating system.
Microsoft should have been kicked in the arse for releasing such crap. I upgraded it to Windows XP with a few added goodies (much better overall) I also went in with tweaking software to help remove any sluggishness that XP had. When support ends in 2014 for Windows XP, I may put some version of Linux on it. Would adding a graphics cars help improve performance? I know gamers love them for playing resource hungry PC games, but do they also help improve overall system performance?
This is what I'm working with:
It’s a little hard to tell from the photos, but the HP case (chassis) is mid-to-small size. The motherboard is even smaller, but in ATX fashion. I’m pretty sure the mobo is a MircoATX form factor board. Not a lot of room, and not a lot of upgradability.
It should make a good pet project. But I’m glad my personal system is more modern and fast, else it would take forever to get to IMCDb ...