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Help with a new pc???
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furryboo
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3. March 2006 @ 10:08 |
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I have got hold of a PC, has a better processor than my current one, better graphics card and more memory.....Now what would happen if I was to put my old hard drive in this new machine Would it work and just ask for drivers for the different devices...
Please help???
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Da_Boo
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boxwrench
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3. March 2006 @ 10:18 |
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Well,it may or may not work,it depends on the processors.I was able swap out a sempron 3100+ with a new A/64 3400+ without having any problems.If there is not much difference between the m/bs and cpus it may work. Give it a try and post back with your results.
Main System- Amd/64 3800x2 currently@ 2.5ghz. Asus A8N-E,win.xp-pro.4x1gb.Ocz platnium ddr 400,Maxtor 40gb.& 250gb.ide & 2x W.D.250 sata,Benq 1650V dvd Reader & Benq DW-1655 Writer,EVGA Geforce 7600gs,Creative Audigy-LS,Antec 750w psu. Vizio 37"hdtv monitor 1360x768@75hz.
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tocool4u
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3. March 2006 @ 10:18 |
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You would need to set it up in the bios again and you would need to set it as a slave if you already have 1 in there also what HDD is it like IDE or EIDE or SATA
Also i think you would need to format it?
And if you have two you could set it to RAID 0
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boxwrench
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3. March 2006 @ 10:23 |
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Are you wanting to switch out the drives or simply add the other as storage?
Main System- Amd/64 3800x2 currently@ 2.5ghz. Asus A8N-E,win.xp-pro.4x1gb.Ocz platnium ddr 400,Maxtor 40gb.& 250gb.ide & 2x W.D.250 sata,Benq 1650V dvd Reader & Benq DW-1655 Writer,EVGA Geforce 7600gs,Creative Audigy-LS,Antec 750w psu. Vizio 37"hdtv monitor 1360x768@75hz.
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furryboo
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3. March 2006 @ 11:26 |
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Sorry didn't really explain clearly.....
I have a 60Gb and a 40Gb in my old machine I want to put them in the new machine that has the better ram, graphics etc......
Cheer for the help so far peeps...
Da_boo
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tocool4u
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3. March 2006 @ 11:36 |
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Do you happen to know what Kind of HDD they are?
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furryboo
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3. March 2006 @ 11:49 |
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The are box IDE hard drives, WinXP 5200RPM....
Cheer for your help people...
Da_Boo
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3. March 2006 @ 11:53 |
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Hay mate, u will probley have to format/reinstall windows XP on one of the drives but they should work as long as u have got a spare ide "slot".
System 1 :- Main PC: AMD XP 3200+ - OC Slightly 2.31Ghz, 1024 MB DDR PC2700, 1 x 40GB Hard Drive, 1 x 60GB Hard Drive, ATI 9600XT (256 MB)Graphics Card.
Laptop 1: 1GB DDR2 Ram, 100Gb Samsung HDD, ATI X700 128mb Graphics Card.
System 2: Downloading PC: AMD Sempron 2500+, 512 MB DDR PC2700, 1 x 40GB Hard Drive.
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tocool4u
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3. March 2006 @ 11:56 |
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Ok, yea they should, you probubly want to format it first then make one a slave and one a master by using the jumpers then just set them up in the bios.....
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furryboo
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4. March 2006 @ 00:17 |
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Ok, thank you for the help. Problem is I don't want to loose the 55GB of data I have on the drive, but it appears there is no way I can just slot the old drive in the new machine as the master????
Cheers
Da_Boo
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