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KTurbo Poppy Bros. Jr                   Since: 11-19-05 From: Schweden Last post: 5910 days Last view: 5909 days |
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| I'm planning on 'upgrading' my grandfathers computer when he is getting a new one.
The things I wanna do to it, as a begining, is to put some new RAMs in it. Then I want to install a bigger hard drive. On that hard drive I will install Suse (linux), but that's another story. See, what I want to know is. Are RAMs just plug and play, without any installation? That's what I've heard, but I want to make sure. Secondly I want to know how to install the new harddrive, either in DOS or in Win95, how? If you're going to ask for the computers spec. I really don't know any of them, I will find that out next time I visit him. I do know that it run on win95 and is about... 7-9+ years. |
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HyperHacker Star Mario Finally being paid to code in VB! If only I still enjoyed that. <_< Wii #7182 6487 4198 1828 Since: 11-18-05 From: Canada, w00t! My computer's specs, if anyone gives a damn. STOP TRUNCATING THIS >8^( Last post: 5908 days Last view: 5908 days |
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Yeah, there's nothing special you have to do to add RAM, but if it's not the right size or speed it won't work. Judging by the age of the computer I'm going to say get a new one.  |
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KTurbo Poppy Bros. Jr Since: 11-19-05 From: Schweden Last post: 5910 days Last view: 5909 days |
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| I won't add any big RAMs, one or two 64 Mb infact. I'm not upgrading it because I need it, I already have a laptop (1.6, 512, DVD-rw etc.). Just doing this for fun. | |||
FreeDOS + Giant Red Koopa Legion: freedos = fritos   Since: 11-17-05 From: Seattle Last post: 5907 days Last view: 5907 days |
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| A new computer will be much better.
There's nothing special about adding RAM, making sure it's the right type and speed as HH mentioned. There might be BIOS limits on the size of hard disk; 8.7GB, 32GB, 64GB, 127GB are common limits. That machine is likely to have an 8.7 or 32GB limit. Plus if it's not Windows 95 OSR2, you can't use all the space above 2GB in one partition (FAT16's limit on MS-DOS is 2GB; Win95 OSR2 (aka 95B or 95C) can use FAT32 allowing for up to 2,048 GB). |
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KTurbo Poppy Bros. Jr Since: 11-19-05 From: Schweden Last post: 5910 days Last view: 5909 days |
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| I did plan on adding a hard drive somewhere between ~8-20 GB. As for installing, what do I need? Yes, the computer have a cd and a floppy. ^^
And for the second time, I'm doing this for fun.  |
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