need to change motherboard

[Guest]

I have a compaq 5726. Apparently the motherboard only supports 550 mhz so I am considering replacing it all together and getting a P III in the 1 ghz range. Any recommendations on what to purchase and what to be aware of?
Thanks!

 

[girish]

what motherboard do you have?
try ctbios from http://www.www.ping.be/bios and get the motherboard info.
it might be possible to upgrade your BIOS to support newer processors.

girish

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[Guest]

And why are you thinking about buying an Intel chip?

 

[Guest]

First most Compaqs are not OEM guaranteed. This means you probaly won't be able to just take the motherboard out and put say a asus ATX board. I would recomend anyone to stay away from Compaq. You will have to change the case and motherboard.

 

[Crashman]

Your motherboard should be ATX, but check to make sure. If it is, then check to see how many slots you have, if you have 7, you can use a full ATX board, and the Asus CUSL2 is the best solution. If your case is ATX but has less than7 slots, it is a Micro ATX, and the Asus CUSL2-M is the best soltuion.

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[girish]

to reduce cost as much as posible, but if he is ready to spend on new board/cpu he'd better choose AMD.

girish

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