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I wan't to change my old mother board to a new One,HELP!
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bat4life
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_ 		16. September 2004 @ 17:18 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hi everyone, I wan't to change my old mother board on my computer to a new faster and better one, but I was wondering if im going to have problems doing it, Do I have to wipe everything out on my hard drive in order for it to work? Do I need to buy new memory for it? I currently have a AMD Atholon Processor at 1.15GHZ,768mb of Ram.Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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The_OGS
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_ 		16. September 2004 @ 19:43 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
You will need new memory and a new CPU to go with that new motherboard - basically a new PC.
Your old HD will work (but you should blast it out and reinstall).
Your Athlon sounds like an original Thunderbird @ 100MHz x 11.5 = 1150.
Keep that mobo, CPU and memory together. You can't really upgrade it.
It's a nice old rig (lots of memory), big $$ in its day...
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bat4life
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_ 		16. September 2004 @ 19:48 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
what do you mean by Blasting out my Hard drive? I forgot to mention that I was planning on getting a new Mother board and P4 CPU. So I have to change my memory? i can't keep the original. Thanks again for your help.
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The_OGS
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_ 		16. September 2004 @ 20:42 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
You will need new memory.
The point is - your old mobo, memory & CPU makeup a fine PC (one that will get a student through university) so, you could keep it all together and just start to build yourself a whole new rig.
Get yourself a new case (they don't cost much) for your new components, then you won't need to cannibalize your nice old rig.
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