Recent content by 7mech

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    More Q's from the new guy

    Mechbgon: it's a compaq presario. The case says it's a 5000e. It has a pentium 4 1.6ghz processor, new dvdrw drive, 384mb sdram pc133, fire wire ports, usb port, win. xp, and most of the regular stuff. Basically what I'm looking for is a sight like what crucial has where I can just imput the...
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    More Q's from the new guy

    I was wondering if anybody knew of a site that would tell me what upgrades would be compatible with my comp? You know the kind where you imput the make and model of your comp and it lists all the products that you could possibly use to upgrade you comp. Thanks.
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    New guy w/ Q's

    Well it's been a while since I've been here, but I wanted thank all of you that helped me. I finally purchased a 256mb stick of ram and it has improved my computer greatly. I found all the info I needed through the crucial.com site. Thanks again for all of your help.
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    New guy w/ Q's

    Thank you all for the great suggestions. I'll start looking for these upgrades right away. BTW I am running XP already. It came with the system. Also is there anything I need to be cautious of when installing these things (ie. memory loss when upgrading ram)? Thanks.
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    New guy w/ Q's

    Hello all I'm new here and am kind of computer stupid. I just bought a new Sony mini DV camcorder for my wife and I would like to upgrade my computer so that I can stream video from the camera to the computer faster. We have an 02 Compaq Presario w/ an Intel Pentium 4 processor, 128k ram(I...