Just Bought New PC - Old PC up for grabs

richlevy · 12-21-2004, 08:17 PM

I broke down and bought a new PC today at Staples. It's a Compaq Presario SR1200NX. It has a 2.8 Ghz AMD Sempron, 256MB of memory, a 40 GB hard drive, a CD-RW, a 9-card reader, and not much else.

It was $250 with a $50 rebate. I figured that $200 was my price point for a new computer since I didn't want a new monitor or printer.

I intend to add 256MB of memory. I've already bought a CD +/- R/RW drive for it. I bought a 160 GB external drive for my laptop, so I can move media files back and forth and won't strain the 40GB hard drive. I bought a cheap Mad Dog Predator 5.1 sound card for my ailing Presario and never installed it. I intend to buy a cheap 128MB video card.

With all of these upgrades, I'll still be a few hundred dollars below what even the cheapest equivalent Dell would cost me.

I am scrapping the Presario 5700T. After installing updates for Windows 98, it would only boot to safe mode. I suspected a failing sound card. The PC has the following parts for salvage:

DVD-ROM drive.
CD-RW drive
Belkin Ethernet card
Memory - I'm trying to remember, and I think there are two 128 MB chips.
NVIDIA RIVA TNT card

I will be keeping the hard drives. If anyone wants any of these or just the whole computer, let me know. Some of these issues occured after a power surge, but the computer was working until I installed updates for Windows 98. It still boots to safe mode. I'm pretty sure that the issue is with the sound card.

Nightsong · 12-25-2004, 12:35 PM

just curious, whats the processer if you havent gotten rid of it yet.

richlevy · 12-25-2004, 02:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nightsong

just curious, whats the processer if you havent gotten rid of it yet.

Pentium II 450Mhz.

12-21-2004, 08:17 PM	#1
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	Just Bought New PC - Old PC up for grabs I broke down and bought a new PC today at Staples. It's a Compaq Presario SR1200NX. It has a 2.8 Ghz AMD Sempron, 256MB of memory, a 40 GB hard drive, a CD-RW, a 9-card reader, and not much else. It was $250 with a $50 rebate. I figured that $200 was my price point for a new computer since I didn't want a new monitor or printer. I intend to add 256MB of memory. I've already bought a CD +/- R/RW drive for it. I bought a 160 GB external drive for my laptop, so I can move media files back and forth and won't strain the 40GB hard drive. I bought a cheap Mad Dog Predator 5.1 sound card for my ailing Presario and never installed it. I intend to buy a cheap 128MB video card. With all of these upgrades, I'll still be a few hundred dollars below what even the cheapest equivalent Dell would cost me. I am scrapping the Presario 5700T. After installing updates for Windows 98, it would only boot to safe mode. I suspected a failing sound card. The PC has the following parts for salvage: DVD-ROM drive. CD-RW drive Belkin Ethernet card Memory - I'm trying to remember, and I think there are two 128 MB chips. NVIDIA RIVA TNT card I will be keeping the hard drives. If anyone wants any of these or just the whole computer, let me know. Some of these issues occured after a power surge, but the computer was working until I installed updates for Windows 98. It still boots to safe mode. I'm pretty sure that the issue is with the sound card. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

12-25-2004, 12:35 PM	#2
Nightsong Wang Dude Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: South Carolina Posts: 177	just curious, whats the processer if you havent gotten rid of it yet.

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