I bought the CELERON 2.66ghz PC at BESTBUY!!! ($200 a/r)

[yoda313]

I would add a floppy drive and your board may have pciexpress.

If you have pciexpress, then you will not need agp.

Agp is dying off anyway.

Hello,

How would I know if it's pciexpress????

I can live without a floppy drive. My old laptop I use for fluff stuff has a usb port so I can use my memory stick w/ adapter.

Kevin

[tekkieman]

Hello,

MY GOD!

My Emachine DOESN'T have a FLOPPY DRIVE!

This is my first pc without one. I just noticed looking at the pic I posted on this thread.


Kevin

...and all this at the bargain price of $199.00!

What did you expect? :P

Ok, on low end (bargain) pcs, whether eMachines Dell, HP, etc. Most of them forego the AGP slots. In fact, on many, you can see where the header mounts to the motherboard, they just don't populate them on those boards (name brand motherboards manufactured for above named companies). No, you cannot just solder a AGP header on them either.

Most new systems have shipped without 3.5 floppy drives for about a year and a half now. Since they all have USB, and can boot from CD/DVD, and every OS I've seen has bootable CD/DVD, they're just not needed anymore. You can still get them as a $20 add on option, or go buy one for $5.99 and install it.

I haven't install a floppy in the server I built a month ago, and haven't had the need for one.

[Heywould3]

open up the manual. i should have a mobe spec chart.. ive been searching for info on that box.. IE mobo etc.. sofar not much.. did find out it has intel extreme graphics OB.. must use shared mem.. that sux. but its gotta have something on it.

[tekkieman]

If you have pciexpress, then you will not need agp.

I seriously doubt a bargain model would have pciexpress...

[yoda313]

open up the manual. i should have a mobe spec chart.. ive been searching for info on that box.. IE mobo etc.. sofar not much.. did find out it has intel extreme graphics OB.. must use shared mem.. that sux. but its gotta have something on it.

Hello,

Thanks. I'll do some research this week also.

The floppy ain't a big deal just a shock to my system that's all. I'm over it now.

Kevin

EDIT - Tekkieman - that's ok they still make DDR PCI 3d cards so I'll manage.

[tekkieman]

yoda - Watch that 9200 series card. Some of the bargain pcs don't play well with anything over (I believe) 8300 series. I know this to be the case with similar bargain Dells.

[yoda313]

yoda - Watch that 9200 series card. Some of the bargain pcs don't play well with anything over (I believe) 8300 series. I know this to be the case with similar bargain Dells.

Hello,



Say it ain't so!

I'll look up the info..... Is it TOO POWERFUL??? What about the ram and the CPU - aren't they strong enough to handle them????

Kevin

[bazooka]

I haven't install a floppy in the server I built a month ago, and haven't had the need for one.

Well Mt. Ranier is supposed to completele do away with the floppy but I still like to have a floppy drive.

You never know when you might need it.

To each, his own......

[tekkieman]

yoda - Watch that 9200 series card. Some of the bargain pcs don't play well with anything over (I believe) 8300 series. I know this to be the case with similar bargain Dells.

Hello,



Say it ain't so!

I'll look up the info..... Is it TOO POWERFUL??? What about the ram and the CPU - aren't they strong enough to handle them????

Kevin

Sorry. Without the specifics on your system, I can't say if it will work or not. I'm just finding a lot of similarities to the bargain Dells (like the 2400 series), which had problems with those video cards. You may not have any trouble with it at all. If you do encounter problems though, these little tidbits could save you hours of troubleshooting and exchanging cards.

[yoda313]

Hello,

Tekkieman - thanks.

It's a 2.66ghz Celeron D
80gb harddrive
512MB RAM
WIN XP SP2

Kevin

[tekkieman]

Hello,

Tekkieman - thanks.

It's a 2.66ghz Celeron D
80gb harddrive
512MB RAM
WIN XP SP2

Kevin

MB? Rev.?

C'mon! Tear that sucker open already! That's where the fun is!

[yoda313]

Hello,

Tekkieman - thanks.

It's a 2.66ghz Celeron D
80gb harddrive
512MB RAM
WIN XP SP2

Kevin

MB? Rev.?

C'mon! Tear that sucker open already! That's where the fun is!

Hello,

I opened it last night to put in my single layer dvd burner. I still have to do my wintv pvr250 card.

I'll figure out EXACTLY what type of ram I have soon.

Kevin

[yoda313]

Hello,

I played a game ONLINE last night

IT WAS A LOT OF FUN

I played Jedi Knight 2 Jedi Outcast with a friend. We even had Yahoo Messenger Voice Chat enabled in the background.

I had a ping of just under 100 and it was flying Even had a couple of people join us. We started on duels and then did capture the flag.

My team kept getting smoked but before I quit for the night we tied up the last game at 3-3 before I stopped.

Man I'm gonna load Wolfenstein Returns to Castle Wolfenstein, Medal Of Honor, and probably Quake 1+2 (don't have 3). I already have NHL 2002 loaded on the pc.

We're hooked up through www.xfire.com That is cool - it boots you up automatically.

For those interested my screen name for xfire is YODA313 I was suprised it was available


----------------

I can't WAIT to get my Wireless adapter for my XBOX to join XBOX LIVE. I'll be able to keep my xbox hooked up to surround sound and still go online.

I average about 300kbs DSL. Is that adequate for XBOX or is the PING more important for stability?????

Kevin

[yoda313]

Hello,

I finally dubbed in my wintv pvr 250 card and it seems to work just fine.

I now only have one free pci slot left! Here's a pic of the motherboard layout:



And I finally looked at the memory stick - PC3200.

It didn't have any other detail. What are the speeds of that level of ram??? It has preinstalled one stick of 512MB DDR SDRAM in it if that helps.

Kevin

EDIT - this is before I installed the capture card. So now I only have one slot left

[tekkieman]

You really should have gotten the motherboard model number while you were in there.

[glockjs]

uhhh where did the agp slot go

[tekkieman]

Not populated on cheap ass systems!

[lordsmurf]

No free PCI slot? So what?
None of mine are free. Guess what? Don't need to add anything else.

Just another point of view.

[ViRaL1]

Can't be ABSOLUTELY certain, but I THINK this is it.

http://www.intel.com/design/motherbd/sr/

[tekkieman]

That could just as easily be mine from my cheap ass machine! (Actually, it is! )

[yoda313]

Can't be ABSOLUTELY certain, but I THINK this is it.

http://www.intel.com/design/motherbd/sr/

Hello,

Thanks for the link!!!! I think that has to be it. I'll keep that handy for later.

Actually now that I have usb2 I can add most stuff via USB which will be nice.

Kevin


PS - how do I know what speed my ram is??? It's pc3200 but I couldn't find a speed rating????

[northcat_8]

Yoda,

you need to go find or give me your email and I'll send it...

but you need a program called cpu-z. It will give you all the specifics of your MoBo, Processor, RAM, etc.

It's actually an overclocker's program but serves other purposes very well.

It's only 230 KB.

This is a screen shot of the program, it runs independantly (you don't install it, you just run it). It is designed to work with desktops and doesn't like my notebook but works great with my desktop.



PM me your email address and I'll send it to you.

[yoda313]

Hello,

Yoda,

you need to go find or give me your email and I'll send it...

but you need a program called cpu-z. It will give you all the specifics of your MoBo, Processor, RAM, etc.

It's actually an overclocker's program but serves other purposes very well.

It's only 230 KB.

This is a screen shot of the program, it runs independantly (you don't install it, you just run it). It is designed to work with desktops and doesn't like my notebook but works great with my desktop.

Thanks

I'll PM you my email

Kevin

[northcat_8]

you have mail.

[yoda313]

you have mail.

Hello,

Thanks

Kevin

[yoda313]

Hello,

Thanks for the cpu program Northcat. I ran it and here are some of the results:

CPU:



RAM:



Now it's not a P4 but as the codename Prescott indicates it's a CELERON D processor.

Now is my ram speed 166mhz on the pc3200 scale?????

Kevin

[yoda313]

Hello,

So does anyone know how to determine mhz for RAM chips?????

Kevin

[Capmaster]

FSB speed X8. For 400 MHz FSB you buy PC3200 DDR

[yoda313]

FSB speed X8. For 400 MHz FSB you buy PC3200 DDR

Hello,

Ok so where do I determine front side bus speed????

Kevin

(it is Pc3200 ram installed but there are different grades and when I want to upgrade I don't know which type ).

Kevin

[Capmaster]

FSB speed X8. For 400 MHz FSB you buy PC3200 DDR

Hello,

Ok so where do I determine front side bus speed????

Kevin

(it is Pc3200 ram installed but there are different grades and when I want to upgrade I don't know which type ).

Kevin

RTFM NOOB!!! The manual for the MB tells the FSB speed