Recent content by AlmostAMyth

Yeah, it's there on my XP machine also. You do realize that now that you've told me how to do it I'm going to have to try it, lol. Not tonight though, but I'll let you know what happens when I do it.

Actually I think I'm just going to call it a day here. Thinking about reformatting in the future, I'd have to physically switch the RAM back to 2.5GB, reformat, then change the variable, then switch the RAM cards back to 4GB. If I'm somewhere where I don't have access to RAM it could prevent...

If I'm understanding this correctly, the startup variables are under System Properties>Advanced>Startup and Recovery>Environmental Variables? I don't see RAM or memory addressed in that list. Under System Properties>Advanced>Performance>Settings>Advanced there is a Virtual Memory section that...

Just wanted to follow up with the latest update. I have installed the memory and the T2410 CPU. I have the 2GB memory card closest to the motherboard and the 512 card in the top slot and it's working out fine. Windows sees it as 2.49 GB of RAM. It also recognizes the CPU for what it is...

I got the drive yesterday and installed it last night. Got the o/s and all the drivers installed. No problems at all. Still haven't done the upgrades. I'll have to order that T2410 from ebay or something. It's cheap enough that I don't even want to mess around with the T5550 that I have...

Sweet. Thank you. I just ordered it.

It was (is) the original Hitachi 160 GB drive. I don't need anywhere near 2 TB on a new drive. Can you recommend a good quality drive in the neighborhood of 300 GB?

Well the motherboard worked but the hard drive is toast. I got XP installed and kept having it crash when I installed the last of the drivers, the touchpad. So after reinstalling several times and having it crash, the last install I only installed the chipset and graphics drivers. Then I ran...

Ok, thanks voltoid27. I just got the machine together and booted. OS is installing now. I left all the original equipment in the machine just to make sure the motherboard is good. I don't want to risk getting errors for the configuration changes before I'm sure the machine runs as it should...

I have a Gateway ML6721 with an Intel Pentium dual-core T2310 (1.46 GHz) 1 GB Memory 160 GB HDD. The P/N on the ram slot is 31MA8MB0030, the imprinted P/N on the underside of the MB is DA0MA8MB6DO, and the rev number is PCB MA8 M/B(6L,257*215,REV: D). My question is: can I put an Intel Core...