Yes, I bought a Compaq Presario and now I need help

DARE

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Jun 24, 2001
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I have a PIII 550. I belive my mobo is a socket 370(intel 810e chipset). The Compaq has a small case so I think I need a micro atx board. Are there any decent micro boards or should I move everything into a new case. (I'd prefer not to) The board should have USB ports, 4xAGP slot, onboard audio. I'm trying to do this cheap; I don't need the best system but I want a board with an AGP slot as my current board does not have. Open to sugestions.

 

tbalon

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Nov 20, 2000
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Yes, I would definately go with a new case... for about $40 you can get a decent case and power supply and have alot more room for better cooling and to use a standard ATX mobo. I just rebuilt a P III 500 Comcrap for a friend of mine after the bios chip went bad on his. The chip was soldered on and unfortunately it was out of warranty. I was able to reuse all the drives but not the PSU or case since they were "Proprietary".

Tim