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I have changed Ram to the PC 100 256 Mhz, and it is very good for the Office applications as word and excel, but again i was assuming if I could put a P II 450 mhz, since I have one.
I have changed Ram to the PC 100 256 Mhz, and it is very good for the Office applications as word and excel, but again i was assuming if I could put a P II 450 mhz, since I have one.
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Hello No you cant upgrade your processor. also to change processor is very complicated in a old compaq. and if you should manage to find a faster processor to your old compaq it not gonna make your laptop faster. the mother board and ram memory are still to old.
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Hi, try pressing the ESC button or Del in some machines; do this during bootup and you can select start in safe mode. From here you can go to control panel and reset your password. Hope this helps
Hi, the best way is to put your motherboard details into a google search, find the best proceesor for your motherboard. Then ebay would probably be the cheepest place to purchase. Hope this helps
Here is Windows Xp requirements:
PC with 300 megahertz or higher processor clock speed recommended; 233 MHz minimum required (single or dual processor system);* Intel Pentium/Celeron family, or AMD K6/Athlon/Duron family, or compatible processor recommended 128 megabytes (MB) of RAM or higher recommended (64 MB minimum supported; may limit performance and some features) 1.5 gigabytes (GB) of available hard disk space* Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher-resolution video adapter and monitor CD-ROM or DVD drive Keyboard and Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device
If your laptop meets the following requirements then there shouldn't be a problem:
PC with 300 megahertz or higher processor clock speed recommended; 233 MHz minimum required (single or dual processor system);* Intel Pentium/Celeron family, or AMD K6/Athlon/Duron family, or compatible processor recommended
128 megabytes (MB) of RAM or higher recommended (64 MB minimum supported; may limit performance and some features)
1.5 gigabytes (GB) of available hard disk space*
Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher-resolution video adapter and monitor
CD-ROM or DVD drive
Keyboard and Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device
I would take a system restore point BEFORE you upgrade and make sure you back up everything BEFORE you attempt an install/upgrade.
THE SE440BX2 MOTHER BOARD CAN SUPPORT P3,P2 PROCESSORS(P3 850 MHZ)....,BUT NOT P4 AND HIGHER VERSIONS...THIS MOTHER BOARD SUPPORTS UPTO 768 MB OF RAM,NOT MORE THAN THIS...
I read the thread over at computing.net just now. I'm having trouble locating a picture of the internals of the Deskpro 4000 online but I know Compaq did some pretty non-standard things back in the day. Yea, try upgrading the processor - it's not going to cost much to try. Much as WebsWonder commented, I've been throwing out everything below 2ghz at work. The 2mb S3 Graphics was great for its day. Look around on eBay and find a PCI interface card with 8 meg of ram or better. An ATI 7000 series would be good n cheap but even a Rage 128 would be an improvement over what you have now. I honestly don't know if upgrading to 333 mhz is going to produce smooth video for you. I upgraded my son's Compaq Armada 1750 from a P-II 333 to a P-III 500, bumped the memory up to the max 312, and installed a 7200 rpm hard drive. It streams video just fine on XP Home.
According to this review, you can upgrade as far as a 2 GHz P4-M at least;
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,669029,00.asp
Other than that, i have been unable to find the details of your motherboard - if you can post the make and model (should be printed on it somewhere) then I would hope to find a more complete list of compatible and incompatible processors.
Gateway themselves no longer offer online info or support for this model, but the motherboard details should enable me to find out what you need to know.
Waiting for your post :)
I have changed Ram to the PC 100 256 Mhz, and it is very good for the Office applications as word and excel, but again i was assuming if I could put a P II 450 mhz, since I have one.
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