First post, by T4600C
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So I picked up a Compaq Presario 7210 after a few hours of biking to my destination.
The unit 'only' has 8 MB of ram, which is quite on the small side for windows 95. Most of my CD games are only for systems with around 16 to 32MB ram.
The CPU is a 75mhz Pentium.
Do you think that upgrading to 32 or 64MB ram, and a 100mhz pentium would increase the range of my games that I could play, and the overal speed of dos, windows 95 and older games?
Thanks for you help,
Niels
Edit: It seems to be around this one: http://www.manualslib.com/manual/275957/Hp-Co … sario-7201.html
Maybe I can speed up the CPU by changing/correcting the jumpers? maybe they have been set wrongly all this time.
Also, how long could a HDD checkup take on Windows 95? the 840MB hardrive has been idling for a while now. The programm is still stuck at 'checking FAT's'
Here is a photo of the current MOBO, it would be nice if anything could identify it. (I removed the vertical pci/isa insert board to make a complete photo.)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/nyaodfpsgkp8r45/FOTO0860.JPG?dl=0
Editedit: Moved the socket speed jumper around a bit, got it to run at 100mhz atm. However, is the heatsink large enough to handle a PI running at 100mhz? I do not want to put a massive amount of stress on the CPU.