I would add memory to it.
It takes DDR400 memory which is still available at resellers such as
Circuit City and Best Buy (just bought some this year) and not all
that pricey. (two 1 GB sticks for less than $100.00)
Check out www.newegg.com and see what they have.
Not sure about the difference between Belarc and your system
displaying the speed, as it advertises a front buss speed of 400
Mhz. It is possible your CPU will not run that fast.
AMD made CPU's in that speed that ran at different FSB 333 (166x2)
and 400 (200x2))
It is possible you can upgrade the CPU sometimes for some added bang.
Looks like a nice system for someone that is not a big gamer or heavy
duty user.
Stewart
At 08:48 PM 3/4/2008, you wrote:
Now, my middle-aged daughter gave her old computer to my youngest
daughter to replace the older Dell computer. This computer was built
locally at my specification about 4 years ago. The info on this
computer is (obtained from BelArc Advisor):
Win XP Pro SP2
2.15 GHz. AMD Athlon XP processor
ASUSTeK A7N8X-E Rev. 2.xx motherboard
Bus 166 Mhz.
The computer has 512 MB DIMM memory in one slot, two additional slots free.
(1) Is it advisable to add memory to speed up this computer?
(2) Where is a good place to buy cheap memory? Most memory places
ask for brand name to select memory, but I have only motherboard
info. Is this info sufficient?
(3) The motherboard on bootup displays first a BIOS-like menu,
followed by a graphic display with a female voice saying that
something like all systems are checked and found to be working. The
graphic splash display includes a mention that the motherboard works
at 400 MHz. This contradicts the information from BelArc Advisor
that the bus is 166 MHz. Is there something set wrong in the BIOS?
Rev. Stewart A. Marshall
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Prince of Peace
Ozark, AL SL 82
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