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Will this computer ever die?!?!?!?!

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CasioTech

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I wanna upgrade my mom's computer, she tells me that she doesn't want to let a computer that works go to waste. I tell her that it will keep working for 100 yrs. She says that it will break one of these days, and then I will go out and build her a new comp...

yes, she is stubborn :|

What could I do. And no, I can't go and break it intentionally.

Will this garbage ever break?
 
Why exactly do you have this urge to upgrade your moms computer? If she's satisfied with it, and it works, then it's fine and doesn't need to be upgraded.
 
Ya if she wants to wait until it breaks let her. You will save some money and you can build her a "new" computer out of your 5 year old parts when the computer will die. She wont notice it will be like 15 times faster hehehehe.
 
I'd bet she isn't very computer literate.

Just unplug sum wires inside and say it won't work anymore. Give a false yet complicated explanation why. Then you won't be wasting anything, but u still get to make the new comp.
 
What are the specs? theres gotta be some stuff she cant do with it, show her some stuff she would like that her system isnt capable of.
 
dudes, it's a P3 650. I want to upgrade her's to a T-bird 850. I don't want to spend money on myself because I don't feel I deserve it. But if I get my mom (my brothers will use) a new comp. I won't fell bad about taking the old comp.

That's the thing.

I was thinking about messing up the vid card by playing to much UT, but I don't think that will ever happen.
 
Reseat memory halfway into the board, make sure it makes contact, but isn't seated right at all. Will cause nice mysterious beeping or even better... if it boots will have miscellaneous wierd lockups. 🙂
 
Leave the thing alone. My family uses a K6-II @ 500MHz with 64MB SDRAM. No real reason to upgrade that PIII-650 if it's just a family PC, a 650 can run most games decently in 800x600 and it's not like you need anything faster than a Celeron 300 for web browsing and word processing. If you don't feel as though you are deserving enough to get the upgrade for yourself, how do you think you'll feel about lying to your mother about her machine being broken? Whatever you decide though.

Zenmervolt
 
P3 650 to AMD 850 ? Ok, that is not enough of an upgrade for a general family PC. Get real man... build yourself a computer and leave hers alone.
 
I'm tired of working on family members computers.

You should be happy that your mother doesn't want an upgrade.

I am keeping my fingers crossed that my mom's computer runs forever without me ever touching it again. 😉
 
650 and you want to upgrade? Quit complainin, i've been stuck with my PII450 for two years. I'm going to let my mom have it and build a 1.2gig+ t-bird. All she does is play solitare anyway. Consider yourself lucky.
 
Man I know people with 486's that still won't upgrade!! The only upgrade I'm trying to talk my mom into (she's using an AMD K6-2 366mhz) is to get a 17" monitor instead of the dinky 14" they have now. And that's just something I've suggested.
 
dude man. I got a 650E, it aint no slow poke.

just overclock the thing she gots now. with decent cooling, ur most likely to hit the magic 133/866 mark. not all that far off a TB 850 is it?
 
You guys misunderstand, I don't want to overclock the other pc, I am not saying that It's slow either. I am just saying that "I need a reason to break the other pc, so that I could upgrade her's, rather, just switch it, take the old one for myself, fix it for a few bucks, and then keep it."

Simple, but at this rate, these parts won't fail.

Speaking of which, I will make a thread entitled "Why don't computer parts fail after the first few mon of use, under normal conditions."
 
When i first read your post a 386 486 or at best pentium 100 came to mind. But a 650. Why in gods name do you want to break it. IF you really hate it that much i'd gladly take it off your hands. 🙂 I'lle ven pay for shipping🙂
 
geez, its a 650. Leave it alone. There is NO reason to screw with it. Not to mention an upgrade to an 850 is not hardly an upgrade.
 
I thought at first that it was a P233 or something. It doesn't sound like she's doing anything beyond web surfing, word processing and email. She DOESN'T NEED A NEW COMPUTER!!!!!!!!! A PIII 650 is way more than she needs, a 850MHz T-Bird would be even more overkill.

And if you don't feel like you deserve a new one now, how do you think you will feel after tricking her into spending hundreds of dollars on an upgrade? Just leave her computer alone and save up to upgrade your own.
 
My mother has a K63-450, and that thing is slower than molasses in january, but she seems to be okay with it. All she does in web surf, play solitaire, and email friends and family. The only thing that she wanted was a bigger monitor. If your mother's computer works well enough for her needs (which a PIII should for anyone's needs!), leave it alone! Why don't you get yourself the 850?
 
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