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I want to combine these two computers

joshgotrojoshgotro Bloat much?Registered User regular
as the title says I have two computers I want to combine. Help me make the decision.


Computer 1
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  • joshgotrojoshgotro Bloat much? Registered User regular
    Computer 2
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  • joshgotrojoshgotro Bloat much? Registered User regular
    which one should I integrate into the other?

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  • Sir Red of the MantiSir Red of the Manti Registered User regular
    Computer 1 has a 1.3ghz Celeron with 384 megs of RAM (256+128), Computer 2 has a 450mhz Pentium 2 with 256 megs of RAM (128+64+64). I can't tell what sort of graphics cards are in the systems, but I'll assume for now that Computer 1 likely came with a better card than Computer 2 as Computer 1 is four years newer. The best you could do from what I can tell is steal a couple of sticks of RAM and the harddrive from Computer 2 and throw them in Computer 1, but mixing that many different modules might leave you with an unstable system. It might just be better to take the harddrive only if you're desperate for the space, but personally I'd rather leave both systems alone and have two working systems, tinkering with running Linux distros on computer 2 while leaving computer 1 alone for general use.

  • SilvoculousSilvoculous Registered User
    Assuming the type of RAM is the same (I'll guess and say PC133?) you could take the 128MB stick out of Computer 2 and stick it in #1, giving you a workable 512MB to keep the Celeron happy. 128MB on Computer 2 still isn't bad; it's enough to get things done on it depending on the OS.

  • Sir Red of the MantiSir Red of the Manti Registered User regular
    DIMM #2

    General
    Memory type SDRAM
    Manufacturer (ID) Texas Instrument (9700000000000000)
    Size 128 MBytes
    Max bandwidth PC125 (125 MHz)
    Part number TM16TT64JPN-8A
    Serial number 87001084
    Manufacturing date Week 98/Year 45

    Looks like the 128 in Computer 2 is PC125. OP might be able to mix it with his 133s in Computer 1, but I wouldn't count on it being stable.

  • SilvoculousSilvoculous Registered User
    I've successfully mixed PC100 with PC133 before; it might work alright.

  • illigillig Registered User regular
    oy... looks like it's time to upgrade

    about the only thing you can do is steal the ram and HD from one PC and put it in the other one

    you may want to troll some PC forums for a cheap (free?) socket 370 CPU upgrade... people should be giving P3s and P4s away at this point

    but if you have just a bit of cash laying around, you can get a very healthy system together for about $2-300

  • SushisourceSushisource Registered User
    I'd just like to say that for future reference you can save us some time by posting the dump from dxdiag rather than using CPU-Z.

    Much more human readable.

    But yeah those rigs are hella old. You should probably just recycle them and build something decent.

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  • DaedalusDaedalus Registered User regular
    DIMM #2

    General
    Memory type SDRAM
    Manufacturer (ID) Texas Instrument (9700000000000000)
    Size 128 MBytes
    Max bandwidth PC125 (125 MHz)
    Part number TM16TT64JPN-8A
    Serial number 87001084
    Manufacturing date Week 98/Year 45

    Looks like the 128 in Computer 2 is PC125. OP might be able to mix it with his 133s in Computer 1, but I wouldn't count on it being stable.
    It'll be fine; it should downclock the 133s to 125 no problem.

    (disclaimer: "should" != "will")

    edit: but yeah, cannibalizing one computer isn't going to make the other one not suck.

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  • wunderbarwunderbar Registered User regular
    if you put the PC125 into the PC133 it will just clock the PC133 down to 125. you shouldnt' notice much, if any difference.

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