Hooked Up To Broadband But Need To Upgrade Me Pooter.

[kitesurf_phil]

Had broadband and digital telly installed last Thursday but when I tried to load the software it said my machine isn't compatable. It's only four years old but only has 28MB RAM. Apparantly I need at least 86MB RAM.

I only bought new parafin and a winding handle for it a week ago. Oh well I guess I'll have to hammer the Credit Card again.

[marky]

are you sure about the size of memory you have PHIL. What operating sytem are you running WINDOWS FOR WORKGROUPS 3.11 ????

[Guest]

Had broadband and digital telly installed last Thursday but when I tried to load the software it said my machine isn't compatable. It's only four years old but only has 28MB RAM. Apparantly I need at least 86MB RAM.

I only bought new parafin and a winding handle for it a week ago. Oh well I guess I'll have to hammer the Credit Card again.

If it's only 4 years old you may get away with buying some more memory which is pretty cheap and easy to do - if you need help drop me a PM.

However what speed is your processor, might be better off getting a new one as you can get a pretty decent machine for around £400 if you keep the keyboard mouse and screen from the old machine.

There are always a load of shops doing them around Dunstable/Luton way. have a look in the local paper.

Cheers

[marky]

PARRAFIN PC'S are no good mate

[Guest]

PARRAFIN PC'S are no good mate

Much better run on Diesel - you can share the fuel with the Surf - wonder if you can run on vegoil.

Actually mine is run on coal - steam generated and it's only a year old - there again it is a laptop.

Cheers

[marky]

Its better than an ETCH - A -SKETCH

[Chillitt]

helpful

dabs direct do cheapish memory, or you could just paint it blue....

[Koi]

dabs direct do cheapish memory, or you could just paint it blue....

have a look at Dells website, they do some good deals. I bought one a while back and have to say the after sales support etc has been great.

[Tallyman]

You could try Dell. They're doing machines with a better CPU but less RAM and Hard Drive than mine (20 months old) for about £400. That should be good enough for a few more years.

[marky]

As i work for DELL they do double memory deals etc so have a look also look at the factory shop. http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/de...hs1&l=en&s=dhs

[Fieldsy]

m8, if ya monitor, keyboard & mouse are ok, u can build a top spec machine for about 400-450 quid.

probably get a 2.8-3.0ghz processor

120-160 gig hdd

dvd rewriter

512 ddram

case

mobo

heatsink & fan

psu

graphics card

[kitesurf_phil]

Eeeek! I'm amazed at the response to this post.

This is what it says in System Information.

Microsoft Windows 98 4.10.2222 A
Clean install using Full OEM CD /T:C:\WININST0.400 /SrcDir=D:\WIN98 /IZ /IS /IQ /IT /II /NR /II /C /U:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
IE 5 6.0.2800.1106
Uptime: 0:08:41:02
Normal mode
On "B6C8L4" as "Philip *******"
AuthenticAMD AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor
28MB RAM
81% system resources free
Windows-managed swap file on drive C (3180MB free)
Available space on drive C: 3180MB of 4133MB (FAT32)

Don't know what the boffins will make of this.

[marky]

28MB RAM SCARY mate its about time you spent some cash & came into the 21st CENTURY

[baner]

how does your pc run with only 28meg
must be as slow as a landy

[kitesurf_phil]

how does your pc run with only 28meg
must be as slow as a landy