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| Thread ID: 47124 | 2004-07-16 13:54:00 | Merging two systems | Jamezo (1062) | Press F1 |
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| 252866 | 2004-07-16 13:54:00 | ok, I am about to be given an old gateway, a G6-400C. I want to take the best parts from each system, and make a new uber-system! though there are some issues. here are the two systems as it stands: current pc - digital server 500-ish pentium 233 128mb pc66 ram twin SCSI hard drives (9GB and 4GB) built in ethernet PCI modem CD and CDRW drives new pc - gateway G6-400C celeron 400 32mb pc100 ram 10GB IDE PCI modem now, what I hope to be able to do, is use the mobo and case from the gateway, and put in the hard drives. this is slightly scary, as I don't know if it will recognise the drives, the digital server has a 'SCSIselect' utility in the bios, is something like that necessary? or will it be a simple matter of plugging in the drives and controller card the same way they are configured in the digital, and they will be recognised fine? you cannot mix the pc66 ram with the pc100 ram right? also, do you think I will have a job fitting it all into the gateway case? 2 SCSI hard drives 2 CD drives already installed modem NIC extra sound card (in case I don't like the MIDI on the integrated Sound Blaster 64V) does this all sound do-able? please advise on these technical issues |
Jamezo (1062) | ||
| 252867 | 2004-07-16 14:52:00 | What do you want to use it for. If for a gateway just boost the ram in one of them. PC66 & 100 ram will live together but it will all default to 66, the 100 will run slower to match the 66. Yo shouldn't need more than 4GB HDD as a gateway machine. The Dgital machine is probably quiet propriatary and may not be that customisable, even the ram may not swap over, try it and see just don'r expect too much. Are the SCSI discs in a raid setup? Cheers Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 252868 | 2004-07-16 22:06:00 | If the Digital machine is a Pentium II 233 then its probably a very similar speed to the celeron 400 so I don't think you would gain that much unless it is a learning exercise. | Dolby Digital (160) | ||
| 252869 | 2004-07-17 02:13:00 | The Digital box might have a SCSI interface on the motherboard. The other won't, so unless you have a SCSI card you can't use the drives. The Digital will probably have an IDE connector or two (unless its CD is SCSI too) so you could put the 10GB in there. You might be able to put the Celeron CPU in the Digital board. Have a look for its jumper/switch settings (often on sticky label inside the cover) , and see if its CPU volts module can supply the right voltage. | Graham L (2) | ||
| 252870 | 2004-07-17 03:01:00 | James is this in fact a Compaq Digital Server 500 (h18000.www1.hp.com) and not an old Digital brand server (now defunct). If, as I suspect it is then This Page (h18000.www1.hp.com) takes you to the documentation. The one called System Reference is the manual for changing settings and adding devices, etc. Cheers Murray P |
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