GP6-450 OS Upgrade Success Story

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Just FYI, I have an old GP6-450 with 320MB RAM, 63GB of hard drive
space (came with 13G, I added a 50GB) running Win98SE upgraded from
98. I purchased a new 710XL for myself. Decided to upgrade the old
system for my 10 year old. It had been upgraded over the years with a
DVD and CD/RW drive, ZIP250, USB hub and some peripherals.

I puchased a copy of XP Home Edition and ran the install. Everything
went great! Just had to download new Sound Blaster XP drivers for the
BOSE surround speakers and subwoofer to work. I had backed up all the
application data and Documents folder, but the install preserved all
of it anyway. Installed Office 2003 Student/Teacher edition for him
and working great! The install put drivers in for the ethernet card I
added a few years ago, all the peripherals worked right away.

I was impressed! A PC purchased about 6 years ago being used by my
5th grader now, fine for internet and basic student doc editing!

Bob

 

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On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 01:05:52 GMT, Yahoo! <not@home.com> wrote:

>Just FYI, I have an old GP6-450 with 320MB RAM, 63GB of hard drive
>space (came with 13G, I added a 50GB) running Win98SE upgraded from
>98. I purchased a new 710XL for myself. Decided to upgrade the old
>system for my 10 year old. It had been upgraded over the years with a
>DVD and CD/RW drive, ZIP250, USB hub and some peripherals.
>
>I puchased a copy of XP Home Edition and ran the install. Everything
>went great! Just had to download new Sound Blaster XP drivers for the
>BOSE surround speakers and subwoofer to work. I had backed up all the
>application data and Documents folder, but the install preserved all
>of it anyway. Installed Office 2003 Student/Teacher edition for him
>and working great! The install put drivers in for the ethernet card I
>added a few years ago, all the peripherals worked right away.
>
>I was impressed! A PC purchased about 6 years ago being used by my
>5th grader now, fine for internet and basic student doc editing!
>
>Bob
If you go to www.powerleap.com you can also upgrade the CPU ...last
time I looked you could go up to P3- 1.4...I had a GP6-450 and was
able to add 768 megs of memory and the 1.4 PowerLeap CPU..
Gave it to my brother last year and it is still going strong...
Regards,
Glenn M

A GREAT DAY FOR FREEDOM...Pink Floyd

 

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I also upgraded my G6-400 with the PowerLeap 1.4GHz (and to 512MB of RAM) -
it is well well worth it. I think the price is down to $99 now.

Bill

<Glenn M> wrote in message
news:d4dgh017s7dasp5v9hbc67npqkj211a73q@4ax.com...
> On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 01:05:52 GMT, Yahoo! <not@home.com> wrote:
>
> >Just FYI, I have an old GP6-450 with 320MB RAM, 63GB of hard drive
> >space (came with 13G, I added a 50GB) running Win98SE upgraded from
> >98. I purchased a new 710XL for myself. Decided to upgrade the old
> >system for my 10 year old. It had been upgraded over the years with a
> >DVD and CD/RW drive, ZIP250, USB hub and some peripherals.
> >
> >I puchased a copy of XP Home Edition and ran the install. Everything
> >went great! Just had to download new Sound Blaster XP drivers for the
> >BOSE surround speakers and subwoofer to work. I had backed up all the
> >application data and Documents folder, but the install preserved all
> >of it anyway. Installed Office 2003 Student/Teacher edition for him
> >and working great! The install put drivers in for the ethernet card I
> >added a few years ago, all the peripherals worked right away.
> >
> >I was impressed! A PC purchased about 6 years ago being used by my
> >5th grader now, fine for internet and basic student doc editing!
> >
> >Bob
> If you go to www.powerleap.com you can also upgrade the CPU ...last
> time I looked you could go up to P3- 1.4...I had a GP6-450 and was
> able to add 768 megs of memory and the 1.4 PowerLeap CPU..
> Gave it to my brother last year and it is still going strong...
> Regards,
> Glenn M
>
> A GREAT DAY FOR FREEDOM...Pink Floyd

 

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Thanks for the pointer, can you tell me which Powerleap product fits this computer?

Bob


Glenn M <> wrote in message news:<d4dgh017s7dasp5v9hbc67npqkj211a73q@4ax.com>...
> On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 01:05:52 GMT, Yahoo! <not@home.com> wrote:
>
> >Just FYI, I have an old GP6-450 with 320MB RAM, 63GB of hard drive
> >space (came with 13G, I added a 50GB) running Win98SE upgraded from
> >98. I purchased a new 710XL for myself. Decided to upgrade the old
> >system for my 10 year old. It had been upgraded over the years with a
> >DVD and CD/RW drive, ZIP250, USB hub and some peripherals.
> >
> >I puchased a copy of XP Home Edition and ran the install. Everything
> >went great! Just had to download new Sound Blaster XP drivers for the
> >BOSE surround speakers and subwoofer to work. I had backed up all the
> >application data and Documents folder, but the install preserved all
> >of it anyway. Installed Office 2003 Student/Teacher edition for him
> >and working great! The install put drivers in for the ethernet card I
> >added a few years ago, all the peripherals worked right away.
> >
> >I was impressed! A PC purchased about 6 years ago being used by my
> >5th grader now, fine for internet and basic student doc editing!
> >
> >Bob
> If you go to www.powerleap.com you can also upgrade the CPU ...last
> time I looked you could go up to P3- 1.4...I had a GP6-450 and was
> able to add 768 megs of memory and the 1.4 PowerLeap CPU..
> Gave it to my brother last year and it is still going strong...
> Regards,
> Glenn M
>
> A GREAT DAY FOR FREEDOM...Pink Floyd

 

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PL-iP3/T 1.4 GHz Celeron Upgrade Kit with Heatsink Fan is the one I have.

Check www.powerleap.com. They also have a util (InSPECS) you can run at the
site that'll tell you which one will work.

Bill.

"Bob" <ae1m@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:38916557.0408121021.a5fd0ed@posting.google.com...
> Thanks for the pointer, can you tell me which Powerleap product fits this
computer?
>
> Bob
>
>
> Glenn M <> wrote in message
news:<d4dgh017s7dasp5v9hbc67npqkj211a73q@4ax.com>...
> > On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 01:05:52 GMT, Yahoo! <not@home.com> wrote:
> >
> > >Just FYI, I have an old GP6-450 with 320MB RAM, 63GB of hard drive
> > >space (came with 13G, I added a 50GB) running Win98SE upgraded from
> > >98. I purchased a new 710XL for myself. Decided to upgrade the old
> > >system for my 10 year old. It had been upgraded over the years with a
> > >DVD and CD/RW drive, ZIP250, USB hub and some peripherals.
> > >
> > >I puchased a copy of XP Home Edition and ran the install. Everything
> > >went great! Just had to download new Sound Blaster XP drivers for the
> > >BOSE surround speakers and subwoofer to work. I had backed up all the
> > >application data and Documents folder, but the install preserved all
> > >of it anyway. Installed Office 2003 Student/Teacher edition for him
> > >and working great! The install put drivers in for the ethernet card I
> > >added a few years ago, all the peripherals worked right away.
> > >
> > >I was impressed! A PC purchased about 6 years ago being used by my
> > >5th grader now, fine for internet and basic student doc editing!
> > >
> > >Bob
> > If you go to www.powerleap.com you can also upgrade the CPU ...last
> > time I looked you could go up to P3- 1.4...I had a GP6-450 and was
> > able to add 768 megs of memory and the 1.4 PowerLeap CPU..
> > Gave it to my brother last year and it is still going strong...
> > Regards,
> > Glenn M
> >
> > A GREAT DAY FOR FREEDOM...Pink Floyd