Memory Issues
Sunday, September 2, 2012 by kona0197 | Discussion: Personal Computing
So I'm using an old Pentium 4 setup until I can get something better. Get this it uses DDR2-3200. Hard to find type of memory. So I was curious if DDR2-4200 would work. By the way does anyone have any memory they can part with? I'm only running with 512MB right now. 
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Reply #62 Monday, September 17, 2012 8:02 PM
Yeah, as soon as the extra RAM gets here I'll get it in the post, though I'm unsure as to why there's a delay. Usually when I order parts from this supplier they're here within 2 - 3 days. The only thing I can think is that they didn't have any in stock [being it is older tech] and had to order some in themselves.
In any event, I shall get this stuff to you, kona... hopefully sooner and not much later. 
Reply #63 Thursday, October 4, 2012 6:03 PM
It's been a long week...
Well with the parts from my friends here this system is much faster. I believe I can get a few more years out of the machine should need arise. What have I been up to?
- Installed the new hard drive and RAM
- Cleaned the computer
- Cloned the old drive to the new drive
- Restored Windows XP to factory image
- Installed Windows updates
- Installed a few Windows games
- Install Fedora Linux
- Updated Linux
- Set up my wireless printer on Linux
- Installed my favorite Linux apps
- Transferred files from the old hard drive
- Configured browsers
- Set up all of the apps I use everyday
- Sorted my files
As I said it's been a long week and I'm not done yet. Thanks to all that have helped me thus far. Much appreciated.
Reply #65 Thursday, October 4, 2012 6:56 PM
Yeah, it's good to see that you're up and running again, kona. 
Reply #66 Thursday, October 4, 2012 7:16 PM
Thanks guys. I forgot to add that i took the fan off the CPU and added new thermal paste to the processor after cleaning off the old stuff. Seems to be running cooler.
Reply #67 Friday, October 5, 2012 4:17 PM
On an old machine that's not a bad idea at all. A fresh bit of thermal paste would certainly keep the CPU cooler than the old and help prolong the life of the machine. I've done it with machines only 2 or 3 years old when I have opened them up for a serious cleaning and overhaul, if only for some peace of mind that everything is as good as it could be.
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Reply #61 Monday, September 17, 2012 6:37 PM