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03-03-2005, 07:59 PM
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| Newb Techie Join Date: Mar 2005
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|  Help with motherboard upgrade Okay, I have to admit to being new to upgrading motherboards...I usually just do minor stuff to my system like new drives, sound cards, memory, video cards...etc. I bought a new system in January that has an Athlon XP 3200+ and later this year I would like to upgrade to an athlon 64 so I can take advantage of 64 bit software as they start to release it. Since my motherboard supports Socket A processors, I need to upgrade. My question is, how can I tell if a board will fit into my case and is there any other considerations I should make like, will my HD, DVD-ROM, etc will be compatible? My current motherboard has the Nvidia Nforce 2 chipset and the board I really have my eye on is an Nforce 4 chipset dont know if that would tip me off in anyway on size and mounting of the board Thanks for any help.... |
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03-03-2005, 08:09 PM
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| Newb Techie Join Date: Mar 2005
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| That sounds good, thanks....I just thought of another questions though... Granted after a motherboard upgrade I will have to update divers, is there usually a boot problem when you boot up the first time after upgrading? If so, is it easier to just format your HD and start over like that? |
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03-03-2005, 08:16 PM
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I did not do anything with the computer other than turned it back off and re-swapped the HDs so I cant tell you if there would have been driver problems with devices I was not using.... but ....... Quote:
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03-03-2005, 08:21 PM
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| Newb Techie Join Date: Mar 2005
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| Thanks for your help... I really have my eye on a specific board but I am open to second opinions...so is there any specific Athlon 64 board you reccomend? I really have my eye on this one: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...938&CatId=1619 |
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03-04-2005, 03:30 PM
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| I was just told that since I have an E-Machines case, I can't upgrade my motherboard without buying a new case. I am not sure this is true since I have, what appears to me to be a standard Micro ATX motherboard. Shouldn't I just be able to buy a new Micro-ATX board for my case? This is my current MoBo: http://www.vr-zone.com/reviews/FIC/AU31/ I want to doubt this since the person that told me this also told me a few weeks ago that I can't have DDR DIMM RAM because it had to be either DDR or DIMM but not both...lol |
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03-04-2005, 05:04 PM
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| FDISK Certified  Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Long Island, NY
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 | e-machines suck donkey balls. buy a new case, mobo and rebuild.
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03-04-2005, 08:16 PM
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| Admin Das BanHammer  Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The South
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| Shadow, Unless your eMachine is a lot bigger than mine, the mobo you're looking at will not fit. From what I have seen, eMachines use micro-ATX cases, and will only hold a micro-ATX mobo. What model number is your eMachine? I have a W2040. I can look up the specs on your system, and see what it says.
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