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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Sunday, October 20 2002 @ 06:37 PM CDT |
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I have an E600 and was wondering how you change the clock speed and multiplier etc to accomodate a faster cpu. I have done the disk, memory and power supply. I assume my only option is to stay with celeron, maybe up to 1.8GHz if not now, in the near future. Can this be done? and if so, will the Win ME balk?[ Reply to This ]
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Sunday, October 20 2002 @ 08:42 PM CDT |
Recent AMD and Intel CPUs have fixed multipliers, so you just plug a faster CPU in, assuming the chip voltage hasn't changed (it hasn't with Celerons). Architecture has though, so you're stuck with a Socket 370 Celeron, which either topped out at 1.2 or 1.4 GHz. (I didn't keep up with that iteration since I don't own any machines that use it and neither does anyone else I know.) A Socket 370 Pentium III might also work.
WinME won't care about CPU speed or a Celeron/Pentium change, it's just a question of whether your motherboard and BIOS supports it. I'd do a Usenet search (groups.google.com) and see if anyone else has done it, and if you see success, go for it.[ Reply to This ]
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Wednesday, January 08 2003 @ 09:01 AM CST |
commentCan you help. I have an EMACHINE model etower 366id, 32 MB with windows 98. It came with
32 MB. I installed last night a 128 chip. I can't get the computer to get past the EMACHINE logo unless I put the new 128 in slot 1 and the 32 in slot 2. Then it does bootup and I only show 96 mb of memory. The new chip alone won't boot up. Do I have to clear some sort of computer memory 1st? Thanks, JOHN[ Reply to This ]
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Wednesday, January 08 2003 @ 11:10 AM CST |
| It sounds like an incompatibility issue between your particular DIMM and your emachine. The layout of some newer DIMMs will cause an older computer to not see its full capacity. I suggest taking the memory back for a refund, then go to www.crucial.com, enter your specific model of emachine, and they'll give you a list of modules they have that are known to be compatible. You'll probably pay a little more, but then you have something that you know works. [ Reply to This ]
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Friday, January 24 2003 @ 11:30 AM CST |
I have an etower 366is. It has 96MB RAM, 3G Hard drive. This machine is at times very, very loud. I would like to upgrade like was said...the new hard drive, the memory upgrade, etc. What should I do about the noise?
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Saturday, January 25 2003 @ 11:20 AM CST |
Tips for quieting a PC (elsewhere on this site).
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Monday, February 17 2003 @ 01:08 PM CST |
Hi Dave,
I have a 500 Mhz Celeron emachine. I cant get to many of the menu items in the Phoenix Bios which I think is the reason it's not recognizing the added memory. Do you know how to get around this problem?
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Tuesday, February 25 2003 @ 05:34 PM CST |
| I have a T1440 and want a new motherboard any tips. thanks [ Reply to This ]
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Tuesday, February 25 2003 @ 06:33 PM CST |
Any reason? If you're not gaming, the cheapie ECS Celery 1.4 should do you fine.
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Thursday, February 27 2003 @ 07:12 PM CST |
| I want to increase my ram [ Reply to This ]
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Thursday, February 27 2003 @ 10:25 PM CST |
| Two sticks of 128 MB PC 133 should do you fine. [ Reply to This ]
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Friday, February 28 2003 @ 11:29 AM CST |
I want to increase the RAM in my T1140 emachine and
looked inside to check physical properties. Then I
noticed along the socket "unbuffered".
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Friday, February 28 2003 @ 07:20 PM CST |
http://home.cfl.rr.com/bjp/Buffered.htm
A term used to describe a memory module that contains buffers. The buffers re-drive the signals through the memory chips and allow the module to be built with a greater number of memory chips. Buffered and unbuffered RAM cannot be mixed. The design of the computer's memory controller dictates which type of RAM must be used.
I think that this is what you want to know.
http://216.239.57.100/search?q=cache:UjLsGt1IhBsC:www.axiontech.com/reviews_detail.php%3Fno%3D8+%22buffered+RAM%22&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
"The only reasons for using buffered memory over unbuffered memory are if you plan to use a large amount of RAM such as 1GB or more, and if you are planning to install the memory module(s) in a server system. In fact, most motherboards do not support registered memory and will give a memory error code if it is installed. Gamers who are looking for massive amounts of RAM should stray away from using registered memory. The reasoning behind this lies in the fact that the registers in buffered memory slow the information passing through each memory chip by one clock cycle. Memory speed is a very important factor in achieving maximum frame rates in today’s 3D games. So, every memory clock cycle counts for gamers to achieve optimum gaming performance. In other words, compared to unbuffered memory, buffered or registered memory is not recommended for gamers.
I mentioned earlier that servers generally use registered memory. This is because servers usually handle large amounts of data and/or processes. The more processes that take place, the more likely the information passing through the RAM gathers errors. One tiny miscalculation throws everything off balance. Without the registers in buffered memory handling the information, the chance for data errors greatly increases."
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Tuesday, April 22 2003 @ 09:16 AM CDT |
| Watch out for emachine video Card upgrades! After several other upgrades to my aging emachine (400i, new power supply, hard drive, modem, RAM) I got an Asylumn mx-420 64mb video card. Little did I know that the video card MUST be in PCI slot 1 for the florida-c motherboard to recognize it - this took a long time to figure out with a lot of help from the video card's tech support. Only problem - due to the physical configuration of both the motherboard and the card, I can't use the Asylum card, its s-video out connector and two capasitors on the motherboard won't allow the card to be fully seated in the pci slot. So now I'm in search of an inexpensive card with the right physical layout so my wife can play some newer games. [ Reply to This ]
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Tuesday, April 22 2003 @ 09:14 PM CDT |
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Sorry, Correction, I meant should I get a 256mb, not 128mb, Geezz.[ Reply to This ]
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Saturday, May 24 2003 @ 08:37 AM CDT |
hi david
first i will like to thank you for taking the time to help others, there's need for more special people like you.
i have a few questions about upgrades
three year ago i gave my son an e-machine 500is pc for his birthday he was 11 at the time and he had a lot of fun with it, but now at 14 he complains about it too much he says it's slow,no dvd,not mutch memory and on and on.
i do not have the money to buy him a new computer but i
can afford a few upgrades.
i know that i can get a 128 mb memory put on but i don't any thing about the following..............
1)))can a 4.3gb hard drive be upgrade to a 15gb?
2)))can i replace the cd-rom for a dvd/cd rom combo?
3)))can i replace a 56k modem v.90 for a.... v92?
thank you very much and once againg thank you for this site
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Tuesday, May 27 2003 @ 08:09 AM CDT |
Yes to all your questions. The modem upgrade may not make sense, though. Cost-wise? Might make more sense to pick up a cheap refurb of an uptodate machine.
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Thursday, May 29 2003 @ 06:15 PM CDT |
hi, i am trying to install XP-professinal on T1740,
but it's refusing new OS. What do i need to do? Thanks you~
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Friday, May 30 2003 @ 09:50 AM CDT |
Walter:
Yes, you can upgrade the hard disc drive (HDD) to a larger model, but there are some caveats.
Simply installing a new HDD to supplement your existing one is very simple. Make sure you install it on your secondary IDE channel to keep performance high.
However, if you want it to seemlessly look like one drive there are a couple of options:
1) Use a program like Norton Ghost to image the first drive onto the second drive. I haven't used Ghost in a long time, but I *think* you can force it to use all of the space on the larger drive in one partition.
2) Use a "disk spanning" program. Windows NT, 2000, and XP come with this feature integrated into the operating system. It allows multiple drives to function as one "volume". I don't know of any utilities like this for Windows 9x/ME, but I'm sure they exist.
As for memory, do yourself and your son a favor and not buy generic memory. Crucial.com has very affordable memory that is guaranteed to work with your system. Go there, input the exact model number, and it will give you memory options. If you're a bit confused, we can help you pick the right module for your system.
CD-RW and DVD-ROM drives are becoming more and more inexpensive. I just purchased a Samsung CD-RW / DVD-ROM combo drive at work for $79 from Directron.com. It performs nicely, and I haven't "burned a coaster" yet.
Concerning the modem upgrade - you'll probably notice not a performance increase with v.92 but a performance *decrease*. If throughput is a concern, you may need to consider broadband. If this isn't within your budget, there's not much you can do but "tweak" the connection a bit. Dave's book has a lot of useful information on this, and you can find even more at modemsite.com .
bob:
What do you mean by "refusing" to take the new operating system? Are you upgrading from a previous version of Windows, or are you installing it onto "bare metal" - that is, a newly formatted drive?
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Wednesday, June 18 2003 @ 04:42 PM CDT |
| commentI just tried to install an ATI RADEON 7200 PCI video card in my E-Machine 566i2. OSes (both ME and XP Pro) hang on startup. I never get past the post on either OS. Driver had to be installed with the card out of the machine but that was to no avail on either OS. This machine has seen many upgrades (hard drive, CD/Rom & CD/RDs More memory and a change in modem and tower. Power supply was shot in the original tower so now running 300 Watt tower. All worked fine until this card was installed. I went into the BIOS (Phenoix) and looked for a way to turn off the on-board-video but found only a choice between PCI and AGP. PCI didn't do anything for me. I could only run ME in safe-mode. SO! I did something I now regret. I reset the BIOS to AGP. Bad error, that! No video whatsoever. Can't even get into BIOS because I now have no video at all. I will look into re-setting the BIOS next. Hope that works! Do you have any suggestions? [ Reply to This ]
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Tuesday, July 01 2003 @ 09:53 AM CDT |
| Upgrading a emachine tower 400i. Have found information on the motherboard configuration. The information I have looked up says the 400i can not be upgaded as far as the processor goes. I've ben told that the Florida C motherboard can take a Celeron 533 PPGA processor. Does anyone information on the compacity of this motherboard. [ Reply to This ]
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Tuesday, July 08 2003 @ 11:54 PM CDT |
| I just got a new 80 gig hard drive and i only have one hard drive bay in my computer. How do i go about installing that new hard drive and making sure all my files are being stored on the new drive? My first hard drive is only 4.3gig. [ Reply to This ]
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Wednesday, July 09 2003 @ 10:23 PM CDT |
i have a t1140 and my hd recently crashed, i just bought a 120 gig western digital. i seem to have problems installing windows 2000 on the machine, everytime i finish installing the o/s , upon reset the into windows 2000, the machine freezes, any tips or advice?
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Wednesday, July 16 2003 @ 12:53 AM CDT |
| I tried adding a 256MB stick of RAM to an Emachine T1140 but the computer doesn't seem to recognize it. The RAM is PC133 SDRAM, Value RAM by Kingston. I have tried using both slots but only the preinstalled 128 MB stick works. [ Reply to This ]
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Thursday, July 31 2003 @ 08:02 PM CDT |
comment My wife has an etower 600is emachine and I want to disable the onboard video card and install my own. How do I do it? I've temporarily misplaced the manuals that came with the system and I'm not sure which jumper to change.
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Thursday, August 07 2003 @ 01:43 AM CDT |
I recently acquired a used emachine 366. I am trying to put it on a LAN using a 10/100 Linksys FastNet card. It works fine with a 7ft. cable but slows to an almost stop with a 50 ft. cable. Any suggestions how to resolve this?
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Tuesday, August 12 2003 @ 02:26 AM CDT |
Hi Dave - Great site. Gotta wonder why eMachines or e4u can't provide this prcactical service.
Anyway, I have an eTower 300 (Celeron). It came with a very slow 4.2gig HDD & I added a faster Fujitsu 10gig HDD. I'd really like to replace the 4gig one something much larger, say 40gig or more. Q1. Anyone know the largest HDD it can take with the existing BIOS? Q2. Can the BIOS be upgraded with software? If so, where I can get it and how much $$? Is there shareware for this stuff?
BTW you are spot on with that power supply problem issue. Mine seized after the fan was really noisy for months just after i bought it (you could hear it in the next room!) and the PC stopped and started when it felt like it. Tech Support told me to put oil in the fan would you believe/[ Reply to This ]
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Tuesday, August 12 2003 @ 11:55 AM CDT |
| I wanted to know if there are upgrades for modems or new drivers formodems. I upgraded my ISP and now modem will not connect. According to MSN I need to upgrade my modem drivers. Any help? [ Reply to This ]
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Thursday, August 14 2003 @ 10:07 AM CDT |
| I have an e600 and my cdrom/dvd is on the blink. I'm having no problems reading cdroms but whenever I put a dvd in it be read - the computer doesn't recognise that there is anything there. Pretty sure it just needs a new driver but I have no idea how to go about finding what I need. Any pointers? [ Reply to This ]
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Thursday, August 21 2003 @ 05:48 AM CDT |
Help! I am designing a Web Site for a neighbor who has an old pastel blue all-in-one eMachine, I have no idea what she is running in it, but I do know that the video card is limited to 800x600 and the screen is only 12 or 13"'s. This is the machine that looks like a motorcycle helmet. It is clear blue and is about 3-4 years old. I haven't checked the sysinfo on it yet. The text that looks great at 1024x768 looks pretty crappy on her system. Lines break in wierd places etc..If I recode everything to look good on her machine it is all so small on 'real' computers. What to do??? Is it possible to upgrade these old machines?
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Thursday, August 21 2003 @ 11:04 AM CDT |
Tom, not to be blunt or preachy here, but if you're having formatting issues, the problem isn't hardware - it's either the browser or your HTML code. A 4.X (Netscape/IE) browser is getting long in the tooth. A 3.X browser is a museum piece.
As for the possibility of it being the HTML, I'm not sure what you mean exactly by "lines break in wierd places". And recoding for different resolutions should be moot. People *will* have different resolutions and even different font sets (e.g. small vs. large fonts in Windows), so coding for one often forsakes the others. Text flow should be determined by the browser, not your code. Are you hard-coding line breaks mid-sentence to format the text just right at 1024x768? If so, don't. :) 800x600 is actually a good low-water target resolution, but the page text should reflow nicely no matter the resolution.
In any case, your issue is software, not hardware. If you haven't already, you might give Zeldman a look. He's a bit hardcore XHTML/CSS, so you might trying Google'ing for XHTML and CSS resources. It sounds like you may want some control over formatting, etc., and CSS will give you that regardless of resolution.[ Reply to This ]
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Monday, September 08 2003 @ 12:12 PM CDT |
| How fast of a cpu can I upgrade A emachine T1440 to.----1.8? [ Reply to This ]
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Tuesday, September 23 2003 @ 12:47 PM CDT |
HOW DO I GET UPGRADES FOR THIS T2080 I DONT SEE ANY THING FROM YOU GUYS EVER ?
I BROUGHT ONE FOR MY SON HE GETS UP GRADES ALL THE TIME , SO HOW ABOUT SOME UP GRADE HUMMMM?
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Friday, September 26 2003 @ 08:56 AM CDT |
This isn't a official support site for Emachines. Not shouting (typing in ALL CAPS) would generate a more positive response.
That said, spelunking the links at
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&q=%22emachine+t2080%22&spell=1
should help somewhat.
Given that the machine in question has an XP 2000+ processor and half a gig of RAM,(plus an 80 GB hard drive) there is no need for an upgrade unless you're compressing video, playing Doom 3 alphas, or are a speed h00r.
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Friday, September 26 2003 @ 10:28 AM CDT |
Hello and sorry for my poor English...
Does the eTower 400i supports WinXP pro SR1 ? I'm presently on Win98se and trying to install a Maxi gamer 3d2 on my machine. Otherwise, after installing the drivers, it wants startup and freeze. Now, I get a Kernel32 error. Any ideas regarding my 3d card problems and how to resolve it ?
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Saturday, October 04 2003 @ 02:20 PM CDT |
Hi:
I have an emachines 600IS, I have upgraded the hardrive, the RAM, the Graphics card, and the sound card, and I have installed Windows 2000 Pro (because ME Sucks). My only problem now is that my Printer Port won't receive the correct digital signature. I've tried installing the "general driver" for the port but still have the same effect. I have tried going to the emachines website, but all they have for the 600IS are drivers for windows ME...and even then, none are for the Printer Port, do you have any suggestions or websites that I could go to so I can download a driver that works with Windows 2000?
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Monday, October 13 2003 @ 12:05 PM CDT |
| Sort of a follow up on Rob from AU's quetion - how big a hdd can an emachines 533id2 handle? Know I got an Anaheim 2 motherboard. Anyone know of a website showing what hdds are compatible with certain motherboards? Thanks in advance. [ Reply to This ]
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Saturday, October 25 2003 @ 08:37 AM CDT |
Hello, first off... thank you one and all for reading through this. Technical skill on a one to 10 about a 3. Adding hardware OK... knowing whats gonna work with what, ie memory brand and video card upgrade compatability charts in my sleep? No. I just picked up a EMACHINE W2686 and thus far, have learned that its about the 6 bills i paid for it.. The monitor will go on ebay sometime soon, it does have an entry level acceptable 512 mb of memory. What im asking about is, video cards... Does anyone have any idea about what would be a decent 4x compat card with this thing? Also if i scrape the cash to get an uber 8x RADEON PRO or ULTRA card, will that work in here? Which brings me to the next point... POWERSUPPLY. The only reason i didnt get a used Dell of ebay was due to the proprietary parts list ( PS ) so... can i jam a silenced PC POWER or other decent PS in here or am i stuck with an underrated gerbil in a cage supply.
Soundbytes... Audigy 2 anybody have one of those? Or am i better off sticking with what im used to .... the SB Live...for 40 bux?
Thanks one and all for your inputs!
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Saturday, October 25 2003 @ 10:57 AM CDT |
I just added more memory to my emachine w1500 and my computer does not reconize both memory cards. I had 128mb and added 256mb I moved the 128mb to the second slot now my computer only reconizes 256mb why? Please reply.
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Sunday, October 26 2003 @ 01:17 AM CDT |
| Ashley - More than likely your motherboard does not support memory modules greater than 128 MB. It is truncating the 256 MB module to the 128 MB limit imposed by the hardware. [ Reply to This ]
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Wednesday, October 29 2003 @ 04:46 AM CST |
| i have a e-machine 400i. i need a power supply for my pc, need to know which power supply I need. [ Reply to This ]
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Sunday, November 02 2003 @ 06:33 PM CST |
slimer it doesnt matter but if its a p4 than it should be p4 ready, otherwise check the wattage on the current one you have and get one thats equal or greater.
300+watts is fine.
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Sunday, November 02 2003 @ 10:41 PM CST |
Troll:
1) Not all manufacturers use standard sized power supplies. The poster's eMachine may use a non-standard size.
2) Unless the poster is using a lot of additional hardware that wasn't installed by default on the 400i then a 250W power supply should be more than adequate.
3) What is wrong with eMachines? About the only thing I can conclusively determine is that the manufacturer of their older power supplies (newer models don't seem to have as much problems) didn't make a very good product.
4) I don't know about you, but I don't trust college students. I'll wind up with some bleeding-edge hardware with flaky drivers, a Windows install that probably doesn't work right, and a case with messy internals. I'd rather do it myself or purchase a computer from a reputable manufacturer.
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Monday, November 03 2003 @ 05:49 PM CST |
Dick:
The key word in your message is MAY, and if your not sure, than you shouldn't move to ridicule. What's wrong with E-Machines? Hmmm. More like, what isn't? its a night mare to upgrade and its s l o w. I built my machine with cost and future upgradability in mind.[ Reply to This ]
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Monday, November 03 2003 @ 09:22 PM CST |
Again, the troll bit comes from a different comment.
You say that "it doesn't matter." This is a definitive response. Your wording implies that his eMachine power supply unit is definitely the standard size. I merely stated the possibility that it is not.
How are eMachine computers a nightmare to upgrade? The motherboards are AGP-compliant (on boards where AGP slots are provided), PCI-compliant, and are able to have processor, hard disc drive, ATAPI-compliant drive, and other upgrades performed just as easily as any other computer that adheres to hardware standards.
Concerning the eMachine being slow - for what task is it slow? No, you couldn't play Half-Life 2 as well on a new eMachine as you could on a computer built for computer gaming, but these computers aren't built for that. They're built for the average consumer to perform basic computing tasks - sending and receiving e-mail, surfing the World Wide Web, downloading photographs from a consumer-grade digital camera, balancing a checking account, performing various homework tasks, etc.
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Wednesday, November 05 2003 @ 01:59 AM CST |
| commentI JUST RECENTLY GOT A W2686 WITH A CDRW AND DVD POWER DRIVE HOW THE HECK DO I MAKE A CD I CANT FIND NO INSTRUCTIONS AND DONT EVEN KNOW WHAT KIND OF SOFTWARE I AHVE TO MAKE THE BURNER WORK WHAT AM I NOT SEE THANKS KELLI IN CALIFORNIA [ Reply to This ]
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Wednesday, November 05 2003 @ 01:29 PM CST |
| I'm thinking of purchasing an e-machine for general usage -- wordperfect, excel, some browsing. No gaming or anything like that. Is an e-machine adequate for my household purposes? [ Reply to This ]
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Wednesday, November 05 2003 @ 03:27 PM CST |
KELLI:Your system should have come bundled with some CD mastering software. The first place you should look is your user documentation. Failing that, I can give you names of some popular CD mastering software that you can see is on your system:Nero Burning ROMEasy CD CreatorCDR-WinDiscJugglerAnd as an aside, please don't type in all capitol letters. On the Internet, this is generally considered "yelling." Good luck with your problem!
babham:A newer eMachine is perfectly adequate for your task. However, you can find cheaper systems that are equally adequate at Wal-Mart.com. Some of these systems are bundled with Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition and some are bundled with Lindows OS 4.0. Since Lindows OS 4.0 offers OpenOffice.org 1.0.3 you should have no problem writing WordPerfect-compatible documents and creating Excel-compatible spreadsheets at a fraction of the cost of purchasing both of these software products. [ Reply to This ]
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Wednesday, November 05 2003 @ 03:29 PM CST |
Hmm... I guess b2 doesn't support unordered list tags.
KELLI: Nero Burning ROM, Easy CD Creator, CDR-Win, DiscJuggler.
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Friday, November 07 2003 @ 11:15 PM CST |
| What is a good choice for a video card upgrade in an emachine w2686? [ Reply to This ]
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Friday, November 07 2003 @ 11:17 PM CST |
| also are ther any other upgrades that would make it a little better gaming machine for games like neverwinter nights and Baulder's gate series of games. I don't have many problems right now other than neverwinter nights runs a little slow and the mouse hangs up [ Reply to This ]
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Sunday, November 09 2003 @ 05:09 PM CST |
| My wife has an eTower 533i running the original OS (Win98SE). Her PC has a 192M of RAM, a 17-inch ProView monitor and a 1.5M DSL connection which is shared to our other PC's using AllAboard! and two NIC's. She wants her PC to run faster. Her main apps are AOL9 and IE as well as some web-based GameHouse games. I am inclined to purchase a new PC, but wanted to know if (1) upgrading to Windows XP Home; (2) purchasing a new motherboard; or (3) re-install Win98SE on the hard drive are worth consideration. [ Reply to This ]
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Friday, November 14 2003 @ 09:08 AM CST |
| comment. I'm thinking about buying a emachine w2686. has anyone had any problems with it? i don't do much gaming. i do email and music and stuff like that. will this system work for me? thanx. [ Reply to This ]
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Friday, November 14 2003 @ 03:45 PM CST |
dw4473: Do you have an AGP port in your system? I'm not familiar with the various specifications of the eMachine motherboards, so I'll have to rely on you to fill me in on your hardware.
If it does have an AGP port then you should consider purchasing a Hercules 3D Prophet FDX 8500 LE 64 MB. You can find this very cheap from many different retailers listed on PriceWatch. Don't pay more than $20 for it.
Although this card is fairly slow by comparison to modern Radeon 9800 and GeForce FX 5900 cards, it is more than adequate for Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, and the newer Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil. Hercules also provides excellent customer support, frequent device driver updates and enhancements, and resolves all firmware issues with their cards in a timely manner. Some manufacturers do not even release firmware updates!
Your problem with the mouse hanging (and possibly with the slowness of Neverwinter Nights) sounds to me like a problem with the device driver for you graphics card. Download the latest driver from the eMachines web site or from the web site of the chipset manufacturer. Common ones are: ATi, nVidia, and Matrox.
Robert: I would backup your wife's data and re-install the operating system from scratch (with a complete re-format and everything). If you really want to increase performance then purchase a copy of Dave's book Optimizing Windows for Games, Graphics, and Multimedia. (Dave: Feel free to edit that link to add your referrer ID or what have you.)
matt89: That would be more than adequate for checking e-mail; listening to, downloading, ripping, and burning music; and most other home productivity and entertainment tasks. You could even play a few games with it. (Note to dw4473: I only know this because you can obviously play Neverwinter Nights on yours.)
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Tuesday, November 18 2003 @ 09:14 AM CST |
well, i got a computer. i have dialup and on my old computer i connected at 24 kbps... on xp i connect at 28.8kbps. but, when i use internet explorer, everything goes very very slow. do you know what's wrong. it took me about 45 seconds to pull up google.
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Thursday, November 20 2003 @ 03:05 PM CST |
Hi I'm ready to transfer all my e-machine 400i2 components to a new atx case,and was wondering if you have any suggestions on what to watch out for. My existing motherboard is the mini-atx and the new case supports it.However the e-machine boards are proprietary,so is there anything else I should be doing when uninstalling and then putting it in a new casen? Or should I just look into getting a motherboard altogether?
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Saturday, November 22 2003 @ 04:08 PM CST |
| I was wondering what graphics card would provide the best upgrade for an e-machine etower 633irx(20gig hard drive, 192megs of ram)? Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. [ Reply to This ]
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Sunday, November 23 2003 @ 07:26 PM CST |
| Thanks for the advice Dustin D Cook. I do have an agp port. I believe the current video card is a prosavage 3d??? Do you know: If I purchase one of the modern GeForce or Radeon cards if it will fit in my pc-I saw a comment earlier that said something about a video card not fitting next to the mother board I believe it was because of the fan. [ Reply to This ]
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Tuesday, November 25 2003 @ 01:14 AM CST |
hi everyone... i recently 'inherited' an Etower 500is with 96 MB RAM and the standard 4.3 gig hdd. i know absolutely nothing about it, but would like to make it useful... any help here would be sweet!
1. i see that it is possible to replace the 4.3 gig hard drive with a newer/larger one - if so, how do i know which one to buy? do i have to remove the current one before i add the new one?
2. also any suggestions for sound / video cards for this model would be appreciated?
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Monday, December 08 2003 @ 07:40 AM CST |
| Hey i just bought one of the last remaining emachine computers running pentium 4 it has intel chipset 650GE or something like that... i was wondering if i would be able to get away with a geforce fx 5700/radeon 9600 even if for some reason it happened to have something awful like a 200W power supply? [ Reply to This ]
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Monday, December 08 2003 @ 06:22 PM CST |
Question for yeah. I recently installed XP on a e600is and im having trouble finding the modem drivers. I tried using the restore cd and no such luck. Im guessing the modem is a convexant, i think thats how you spell it. This is what the emachine support website gave me "56K* ITU v.90 PCI internal Fax/Modem "
Thanks for your help
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Tuesday, December 09 2003 @ 11:56 AM CST |
| its 865GE [ Reply to This ]
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Wednesday, December 10 2003 @ 10:11 PM CST |
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Hello: I am trying to find out the specs on an
e-Machine W2626 out of the box.
Could you assist, please?
CPU
Memory
Ram
etc, etc.
Thanks a bunch.
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Saturday, December 13 2003 @ 12:04 AM CST |
| Thanks for the upgrade advice on the 533i (wipe HD and re-install OS). Thanks, also, for the book recommendation and link. I've still got an upgrade itch, so I plan to get a 30G 7200 Maxtor drive ($40 after rebate). One of my favorite upgrades: Set up the old drive as the slave. I had some concerns about the ATA interface, but it looks like it should work. If I still feel the need I may also replace the AGP video card as I do not have any PCI slots available on this eMachine. [ Reply to This ]
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Saturday, December 20 2003 @ 08:59 PM CST |
| I just bought my first computer,emachines w2686.I'm computer iliterate.I basicly bought it for gameing and web browsing.What I want to know is what upgrades can I download to enhance my overall performance.Even as pc rookie I can tell my system doesn't have a great video card.Cause a couple games I got won't even play,and their a couple years old.So if someone can help me please do so. Thanx [ Reply to This ]
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Tuesday, December 23 2003 @ 07:01 PM CST |
| Who knows what kind of video card is good for a 566i2? [ Reply to This ]
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Tuesday, December 23 2003 @ 07:04 PM CST |
| Also I have 192mb of memory and a 566mhz processor is it worth it to upgrade my cpu to 1.1 ghz [ Reply to This ]
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Tuesday, December 30 2003 @ 03:19 PM CST |
| First off - thanks for the site. It's a great help. I have a T1120 emachine and I have only concern - playing Morrowind on the system. I meet all the system requirements but my graphics card is unable to handle it. Is it possible for me to upgrade my T1120 with a graphics card that can handle this game? And what type of card should I get? Thanks. [ Reply to This ]
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Tuesday, January 06 2004 @ 09:53 PM CST |
| my dad has a t1120. the onboard video card [intel(R)82810e graphics controller] drivers wont istall. it gives an error: the I/O operation has been aborted because of either a thread exit or application request. i downloaded the drivers from e4me or whatever thier web site is and i got the same problem. [ Reply to This ]
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Wednesday, January 07 2004 @ 07:22 AM CST |
| WELL JUST WHEN YOU THOUGH THIS WAS OVER I TAKE EVEYTHING YOU HAVE KNOW ABOUT COMPUTERS AND THROW THEM OUT THE WINDOW! WHY WOULD I UPGRADE A EMACHINE T1100 WITH AS MUCH MEMORY AS IT CAN HOLD AND NOTHING! I RIGHT CLICK THE DESKTOP AND 3 MINUTES LATER THE MENU CHOKES DOWN ALMOST CRASHING THE DAM THING. SOMETIMES THE "(F)MACHINE" AS I LIKE TO CALL IT, WORKS FLAWLESSLY OTHER TIMES "I MOON IT":-). IM HERE FOR ANY ADVISE AND IF WHAT EVER YOU GUYS TELLS ME WORKS ILL SEND YOU CHAMPANE.(4REAL). THIS COMPUTER IS AT MY OFFICE AND IF YOU GUYS CANT HELP MY BOSS WILL GIVE ME A BLANK CHECK TO BUY A NEW ONE. SO IF YOU GUYS HELP ME OUT WE CAN SPLIT THE MONEY FOR THE COMPUTER. THE SPECS FOR THE BLOODY MACHINE ARE AS FOLLOW***** 20 GIG**128MB**INTEL CELERON 1 GHz**BUS SPEED 100MHz. help me please [ Reply to This ]
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Friday, January 09 2004 @ 09:40 PM CST |
| I have a Emachine model T1140, and I was looking to add more RAM into it. After some research, I found out that the machine can hold a maximum of 512 MB. I bought two 256 PC133 SDRAM sticks but the computer does not seem to recognize it. What should I do? [ Reply to This ]
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Saturday, January 10 2004 @ 05:24 AM CST |
Kristian: i have a 500 is, had a 500 ix also. Upgraded to 30 gig 7200 rpm drive with no probs, i think the bios will recognize up to 120 gig?? Don't know what to suggest on the sound and video, except that i plan to just buy something surplus. There is no agp port, so ur stuck with pci for video. To truly disable the onboard, i think u need to set a jumper on the board.
I hear rumors that the 400 series can use low density pc 100, and be maxed to 512 meg. I may try that with the 500 is, expensive experiment :-/[ Reply to This ]
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Saturday, January 10 2004 @ 01:17 PM CST |
| Sorry, I left the wrong email address in my last post. I have a Emachine model T1140 that I tried to upgrade with more RAM. I added two 256 PC133 SDRAM in it and the Emachine does not seem to recognize it. Any help is appreciated. Thanks. [ Reply to This ]
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Wednesday, January 14 2004 @ 02:17 PM CST |
| Could someone give me a suggestion for my emachine T1140 (Has Celeron Processor 1.10GHz) It did not come with an owners manual but I did find on some specs on it having an integrated AGP 4mb memory. I would like to diable the on board video via jumper settings but my model is not on the emachine web site. Anyone able to help me here. I am looking at ATI Radeon 9200 SE or a GeForce FX 5200 cards or GeForce4 MX 440-8X, all PCI since that is only interface I can upgrade too. Any advice here would be appreciated. [ Reply to This ]
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Thursday, January 15 2004 @ 08:24 PM CST |
My aunt has an emachine t1120. When it is turned on, the emachine splash screen comes up and then the windows xp home edition screen comes up. After this, it just goes blank. I have tried to boot in safe mode, this is not successful.
Has anyone had this problem? Can the restore disk be used to correct this problem without completely overriding my existing data? Any advice/comments would be appreciated.
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Sunday, January 18 2004 @ 02:51 PM CST |
| commentlooking for way to get sound on modeletower 5331 told I need to download research engine Is this possible? [ Reply to This ]
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| Authored by: ImportedComment on Monday, January 19 2004 @ 07:54 PM CST |
I DID THE UPGRADE TO MY E-633 AS YOU RECOMMENED AND IT HAS WORKED GREAT UP UNTIL LAST WEEK.
FOR THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OR SO IT WAS REAL FAST AND SNAPPY AT COMMANDS. NOW WHEN I CLICK ON A DESKTOP ICON OR TRY TO PULL UP FILES IT TAKES ABOUT 20 SECONDS OR SO TO PULL UP THE FILE OR WHAT EVER. THE MODEM ALSO HAS LOST ITS SOUND. WHEN IT STARTS DIALING THERE IS NO SOUND MADE.
PLEASE HELP
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| Authored by: chrisXcore on Thursday, February 12 2004 @ 07:44 PM CST |
| i just want to know if i can take out the motherboard of a 333k eTower and put a new one in with a processor that's around the 800mhz+ range? any motherboards that will fit inside this mid-sized eTower? [ Reply to This ]
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| Authored by: vidlaw on Friday, March 05 2004 @ 12:35 PM CST |
| I am attempting to upgrade the video on an emachines e400 for my niece. The problem is that the BIOS will not seem to let me make anything other than the MB video primary. I have installed a GeForce2 PCI video card, but cannot find a way to make it the primary video. HELP [ Reply to This ]
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| Authored by: melloguy319 on Friday, April 30 2004 @ 02:00 AM CDT |
| i have a emachine w2047 and cant get it to boot when i put in my pny verto geforce4 440mx agp card. anyone know why ? it will boot with a vanta agp card . [ Reply to This ]
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| Authored by: Robert J. Benice on Monday, November 22 2004 @ 10:59 AM CST |
Thanks for this advise article. Maybe I was just lucky, but my 2yr old emachine T2200 has been a gem for me. ($1028.18-includes tax & 17'" monitor from Circuit City; 12/15/02))
About 6 months ago I looked into upgrades from emachines' website. The wish list included 4 major items... DVD/RW, PS 350w, Audio Soundblaster and nVidia FX APG 256 DDR TV + DVI ($429.80 total from emachine). For another $129.95 I can upgrade from 512MB RAM to 1GB. Three hurricanes later, I'm just getting back into a frivolous mode. Based on comments here, I may be just fine with the current configuration of RAM and power supply.
Interestingly, comments from here and a consumer website point to a week link I never questioned or suspected but have had disappointing experience with. THE DIAL-UP! My no-name modem is operating in the V.92 56K mode but it seems very slow to connect. Once connected I think it’s as good as can be expected. However - how do I know?
My options for Internet are limited. Can't get DSL on the barrier island for the foreseeable future. I'm a happy Direct TV subscriber but Direct way wideband is an outrageously expensive compromise and I never see reviews for it. I understand the comparative upload and download limits between cable DSL and satellite.
How difficult to install do you think my proposed upgrades would be? I have reasonable tech skills but I've never even opened this thing. It is due for a cleaning by now.
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| Authored by: scredleg on Saturday, December 18 2004 @ 05:25 PM CST |
My son owns an E-Machine, Model W4885 (P4, 2.8 gHz, short tower with curved face). This machine has a DVD-R-CD/RW combo drive. He wants second optical drive in the empty 5 1/4-in bay. He says he doesn't care if it's a R or RW. I'd like to buy one for him for Christmas.
Suggestions? Where to buy? Make, Model, etc?
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| Authored by: MarquessaX on Saturday, January 01 2005 @ 11:57 PM CST |
would there be a problem connecting a newish 420w power supply to
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old etower 333k system? Are there any power supplies you would
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| Authored by: bomb182 on Thursday, January 06 2005 @ 02:58 PM CST |
I have an Emachine t1400 and the motherboard died I was ASSURED by the emachine Tech guy that i spoke to that i could indeed upgrade the mother board and that it didn't have to be an exact replace ment. So I bought a new DFI km400a-Mlv/mv Motherboard. Everything went well Until i try to connect the power switch Hd LED and Reset button. As the Emachine uses an odd connector for those connections. My Question is this. Can I finfish this upgrade? As of now the system DOESN"T power up. I am guessing its because of the odd connector for the power/HD LED etc.. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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| Authored by: MarquessaX on Friday, January 07 2005 @ 01:37 AM CST |
thanks for the speedy reply, power supplies are not my thing!
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