more hard drive?????

mailliw · 12-21-2005, 03:00 PM

How many hard drives can one comp have?? I have a comp that freezes sometimes, if I put it in another comp as a slave and format it would it cause new comp to freeze?
Thank You
William:

StrangleHold · 12-21-2005, 03:45 PM

If thats the computer in your post, you have a athlon XP 3200 that runs on a 400mhz FSB and using pc2700 that runs on a 333, that can cause hickups, either your processor is at 400 and the ram is at 333 and can cause a bottleneck or its overclocked your ram to 400

mailliw · 12-21-2005, 05:25 PM

The comp that freezes is a Compaq Presario 5441. I can't get what I need to return it to original condition, so I wonder if I put the hard drive in a Gateway G6-300 or a Compaq SR1053wm and format it would it freeze. I dont know if it is the hard drive causing the 5441 to freeze or if it could be some software program or other hardware.
Thanks
William

Charles_Lee · 12-21-2005, 06:25 PM

may be you can upgrade your ram to 1gb?
eventually you will want to have 1gb, because its recommended for window vista usage.
these days, you can probabily get a 1gb stick for $100 or so.

mailliw · 12-22-2005, 03:10 AM

The Compaq 5441, i'm not interested in fixing. I want to know if I cannabilize it and use hard drive and other parts in other computer is there much chance I will be transferring the freezing up to another comp.

P11 · 12-22-2005, 05:32 AM

Since you are using it as a slave drive(after you format it) you should not have any problem at all with it, unless its malfunctioning. Aside from that i can only see it effecting the computer if its acting as the Master HD. You might also want to post you PSU and how much airflow their is in your system.

12-21-2005, 03:00 PM	#1 (permalink)
mailliw Silver Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Lockhart, Alabama Age: 64 Posts: 197	more hard drive????? How many hard drives can one comp have?? I have a comp that freezes sometimes, if I put it in another comp as a slave and format it would it cause new comp to freeze? Thank You William: __________________ Compaq Presario SR1053wm desktop AMD Athlon(B) XP 3200 + 2.20 GHz ASUS A7VAZ-LA 512 MB-PC 2700 MB/sec 80 GB Ultra DMA 7200rpm 4x DVD+R/+RW AC97 Audio Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition

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12-21-2005, 05:25 PM	#3 (permalink)
mailliw Silver Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Lockhart, Alabama Age: 64 Posts: 197	The comp that freezes is a Compaq Presario 5441. I can't get what I need to return it to original condition, so I wonder if I put the hard drive in a Gateway G6-300 or a Compaq SR1053wm and format it would it freeze. I dont know if it is the hard drive causing the 5441 to freeze or if it could be some software program or other hardware. Thanks William __________________ Compaq Presario SR1053wm desktop AMD Athlon(B) XP 3200 + 2.20 GHz ASUS A7VAZ-LA 512 MB-PC 2700 MB/sec 80 GB Ultra DMA 7200rpm 4x DVD+R/+RW AC97 Audio Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition

12-22-2005, 03:10 AM	#5 (permalink)
mailliw Silver Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Lockhart, Alabama Age: 64 Posts: 197	The Compaq 5441, i'm not interested in fixing. I want to know if I cannabilize it and use hard drive and other parts in other computer is there much chance I will be transferring the freezing up to another comp. __________________ Compaq Presario SR1053wm desktop AMD Athlon(B) XP 3200 + 2.20 GHz ASUS A7VAZ-LA 512 MB-PC 2700 MB/sec 80 GB Ultra DMA 7200rpm 4x DVD+R/+RW AC97 Audio Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition

12-22-2005, 05:32 AM	#6 (permalink)
P11 VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Toronto Age: 20 Posts: 1,311	Since you are using it as a slave drive(after you format it) you should not have any problem at all with it, unless its malfunctioning. Aside from that i can only see it effecting the computer if its acting as the Master HD. You might also want to post you PSU and how much airflow their is in your system. __________________ Asus K8V-SE Deluxe AMD 64 3400+ 2.56 Ghz Cosair 1.5 GB PC-3200 400Mhz Enermax 535W/SLI-Ready/12V @38A 250GB Western Digital HD 8mb cache IDE 320GB Western Digital My Book Premium External HD Sony DVD+RW/+R Double Layer burner drive Logitech MX5000 Bluetooth Combo ATI X850XT 256MB ;) Diablotek Samurai ATX Case 3DMark03 PC Exposure : www.pcexposure.com

12-21-2005, 06:25 PM	#4 (permalink)
Charles_Lee Platinum Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 703	may be you can upgrade your ram to 1gb? eventually you will want to have 1gb, because its recommended for window vista usage. these days, you can probabily get a 1gb stick for $100 or so.

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