Good on ya, matey, I got it and have replied, so check your inbox as I will need some details.

It may take a little while coming from Oz but I'll order the adapter today and will post off a package when I've got it all together.  Hopefully it don't take too long and gets there in time to help you out of trouble.

Sweet!!!

Well I didn't see anyone else offering to help but you, so I felt the need to do something to chime in and assist. It may not be the latest and greatest SATA arrangement for him, but for the time being it will help kona out of trouble. So yeah, I'm only too glad to help out.

Had it been a few days earlier I had a 250gb Seagate SATA doing nothing but laying around collecting dust, then a nephew needed a rig built for work related studies, so that's where it went.  Oh well, the 160gb and adapter will do the job.  The drive hasn't had a lot of use and the adapter has never been used... was still in its unopened package when I discovered it amongst my bits n' pieces.  I'm guessing that I ordered it some time ago but ended up not needing to use it, which saves time waiting on the one I ordered last night... not that it'll go astray as I have some other IDE's to marry it to when another family member/friend is in need.

Mark, you're a good mate!!  For an old sea dog, you push the pirate aside now and then....lol!!   Thanks for helping. 

its ashame i had a 320gb hdd but i put it in my ps3 a few weeks ago,,i do have the old 60gb out of the ps3,,

Sata?

I like to help out when I can, and I know that kona has hit some hard times, so it just felt right to do something for a community member currently down on his luck.  Besides, you're a pretty top bloke yourself, always the true community member and willing to help out when you can, so many thanks to you for all that you do.

That would be a SATA drive and it may just help kona out some.  The drive I am sending is only a 160gb to replace a dying 200gb, so if you were to send the 60gb it would give him 20 gigs more storage than he had.  I'm sure kona would appreciate the help, so if you'd like to help send him a PM to work out the details.

I sent him a gig of RAM, turned out to be the wrong type. I'm glad you guys are able to do more.

What a great community we have here!

We do. And I am proud to be part of it. 

At least you tried, and that's the thing.  It may not have been the right type of RAM but you made the effort and tried to help, which counts for a lot in my book. 

Thanks, mate.

Me too!

BTW, I sent you a PM which requires an answer, if you'd be so kind as to check your inbox.  Thanks.

Checked, replied.  

i have a 160gb SATA HDD here that you can have, Plus i have 2 DVD burners that work great if you want as well as an ATi HD3650 512Mb AGP graphics card you are welcome to.

Cool, nimbin. I think he needs a PCI gfx card, but the HDD will be handy.

In case I'm wrong....this is his rig.

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00485641&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=1130585

It's an HP Pavillion A1220N

It looks like a PCI FX card is his only option, which i am very surprisedc about as i thought it would have had a AGP slot as well, but oh well. He is going to be hard pressed to find a good PCI graphics card but there are a few around still.

Guys a few of us were talking about upgrading my machine using DDR2-5300 or DDR2-4200. The machine currently uses DDR2-3200. Anyone know if this will work? My machine is a HP Pavilion A1220N. Thanks!

I suspect the main issue is not lack of memory. That rig dates from 2005. It has chugged along on 512 MB's of ram for 7 years. If it needed more memory, it would have been added well before now.

If you have not been getting Low Memory warnings, it isn't the lack of RAM that is slowing it down, it is a failing HDD.  Think about your page file and virtual memory  and where it is stored.

Putting more RAM in it will do little good until that  HDD is replaced. I just replaced one in a a720n after the owner spent 150 bucks on a PSU and extra gig of RAM at Best Buy. I was just given another rig, also after the owner blew 165 bucks at Best Buy having the Goof Squad work on it. 

I replaced the IDE HDD's on both and they both are as fast as when brand new. 

I can't find any mobo specs that say that a1220n will downclock 4200 or 5300 so my advice is, if it still has the original motherboard to stick with 3200, but  go ahead and try whatever you get, it will either boot or  it won't, but it won't hurt anything.

Good luck with it, kona. I would send you a drive, but I'm out of both IDE and SATA drives ATM.

Well to be quite honest the reason that we haven't upgraded the RAM is because we haven't ever had the money to do so. I think it would make a difference as no one I know these days uses 512MB. As for replacing the HDD, that is in the works as well, thanks for the advice.

Kona, did you not let Crucial scan your PC? Did it not say 5300?

If you're worried about it, swap it for the 3200. Upgrade is ok, 5300 will work. If my goof on ordering the SODIMM has undermined your faith in me, I'm sorry. We all make mistakes now and then.