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Motherboard Upgrade for SBS 2003
enabling sar is a good start. installing sarcheck is another. to summarize: You'll get more of a boost with new cpu, new motherboard and new ram (ddr or rdram at high bus rates, not sdram), which will also require an OS upgrade.Even if single-cpu, just because the cpu and memory are so much faster.

If you could get whatever Motherboard and Processor you wanted ...
I mean, I won't have to get a new case or anything? (I have a standard mini-tower) Most cases/motherboards are ATX. Yours might well be an ATX, meaning you'll be able to drop a new ATX motherboard into the same case, or, given it's age, it may well be of the older AT style and require replacement. If your machine

Motherboard-What To Get
Vista is very hardware intensive - if you do go that route - get at least 2gb of RAM and preferable 3gb. Get a good standalone video card with at least 256mb. With 'integrated' video you're just 'stuck with' whatever (usually medium lousy) capabilities the motherboard manufacturer decided to provide.

Out of Gaming for a while...looking for upgrade advice
It took us some time to get out of the on-going cycle, to be able to get to the stage of making the restore. Indeed, the restore took some time in its own right. A new motherboard is on the way. I guess in a few days, I will be able to tell if the Vista update did go well. While I wish the Tech had not messed

Need advice on setting up a dual boot vista / xp?
If the new drive in the new machine boots to the point that you can get indication of boot.ini, then the drive (as indicated above) is not only bootable, it is coming up as the primary The HAL error means that the core components of the new motherboard don't have the same characteristics as the previous one.

Found out the hard way - less heat = more stability
I am sure if you try again you won't miss it. That's when you need to put in your cd with the chipset and SATA drivers that should have come with your new motherboard. BTW: The mfg of the mobo may have specific instructions for installing Vista... be sure to follow any such specific instructions.

Help!! advice sought on hardware upgrades and memory
Which one (VESA or PCI) will depend on the motherboard you get. Given the choice, I'd get PCI, since that's what Pentium computers use, and you'd be able to keep your PCI peripherals if and when you upgrade to a Pentium. If you get a new video card, definitely get a 64-bit one. It's about $50 more than most 32-bit

OT Looking for new computer tower, questions
I replaced the motherboard in a computer with XP pro and it will boot into safe mode but I'm unable to uninstall enough of the drivers to get it to come up in normal mode to install the new drivers. Is there an easy way around this or should I just back up the data and reinstall XP? Tony I suggest you forgot a few

Apple II Csa2 FAQs: Hardware Hacking, Part 13/25
The Celeron will no longer be able to be used on the same motherboard as the PIII. If you ever plan to upgrade your CPU then all you will get if you get the Celeron now By the time this happens, you're usually into the realms of needing a new motherboard, possibly new memory too. To change a Dell to a generic

If i get a bh6 or a BX mobo will it Support the Coppermine KNI ...
If all else fails I guess I'm stuck with a full install. Comments appreciated. Normally, and assuming a retail license (many factory-installed OEM installations are BIOS-locked to a specific motherboard chipset and therefore are *not* transferable to a new motherboard - check yours *before* starting),

novice building pc - advice?
Bruce Chambers bchamb...@cable0ne.n3t microsoft public windowsxp general Anthony W wrote: I replaced the motherboard in a computer with XP pro and it will boot into safe mode but I'm unable to uninstall enough of the drivers to get it to come up in normal mode to install the new drivers. Is there an easy way around

Countdown to Decision 99
So, unless E-machines feel generous, you will need to buy a full retail version of XP (about $200, $300 for XP Pro) to make the PC work with the new motherboard. However, if you have an old in98 or ME CDROM lying around, get the uprade version of XP and use the older CD when asked for proof of a qualifying

Time to Upgrade?
I tried the 12.4 recently on a new motherboard with no luck. this would be a 5000 series motherboard which is new. If I go to MS, I get at least a dozen entries (both proxy and firewall). If you have the standard rules, the "SBS Protected Networks Access Rule" should have fired for DNS to work between your

Upgrades to PB Computer
If the new motherboard also has inbuilt video (and possibly even a NIC of its own!), you run right out of Yes votes with this one hardware change. If you get a new computer, you are entitled to remove Windows XP from the one that is being junked, and install the same Windows XP on the new machine - but you will

Should I be looking for a new motherboard ?
Hey all, not sure if you can help me out as my PC keeps freezing and dying on me and im not sure if its my hard drive, motherboard or graphics card. might as well spend a couple of hundred more and buy a whole new pc and get back up to date again - not sure what to do really, buy new parts or buy a new pc, if I

Cannot connect through ISA Server to www.microsoft.com, but ...
I read so much on the fact that the OS keeps tabs on the Motherboard, and that if you change it you will need activating again, or maybe purchase another key, which I certainly didn't want to do! Anyway, I installed my new Motherboard (Gigabyte GA-MA69VM-S2) which replaced my previous Asrock one.

Hardware Upgrade Philosophy
Can get that tho if there is a short to case that stops the power supply from starting at all. Just before I shut down we had a few bumps on the power, but we always get those, even when there aren't storms around :) Probably not relevant. Should I be looking for a new motherboard and this is warning that this one

New motherboard and CPU Questions
If The O/P is in the UK I can sell you an XP disk "Christopher Muto" <muto@worldnet. att.net> wrote in message news:13r5v4nfouinef8@corp.supernews.com... the dimension 9100 and dimension 9150 have the same chipset. dosen't it strike you as odd that both the old and new motherboard have usb port problems? why do you

Study shows downloading helps cd sales
If I get a successful startup I then need to add new hardware because I am loading Windows for the firest time on my new 40GB Harddrive. I am using the same CPU and harddrive I had connected to the old motherboard so I am leaning to having a problem with the motherboard if the RAM tests out fine.

Windows Boot Manager issue
(Some motherboard manuals don't list the beep patterns any more.) If you get a beep pattern, that tells you: 1) The CPU executed some BIOS code. If the BIOS release is not correct for the CPU being used (a really new CPU, and old motherboard stock from the computer store), then sometimes that can result in a