Recent content by michael diemer

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Update: I bought a "new old" mobo and cpu, installed them with 8 GB ram and now have a "new old" Gateway Gt5656. Basically a mild upgrade. The mobo is this...

I decided to hold off on buying a mobo, or getting the caps replaced. Rolling back the display driver, along with finally figuring out how to put the memory sticks in the correct slots (with help from some kind folks here), seems to have improved things. So far, anyway. But with a machine this...

OK, I'll put a 2GB stick in slot 1, and another in slot 3. Assuming that's the correct procedure.

Ok, I'll do that. Last night I did put the original memory back in, in the correct slots, and everything seemed fine. however, I still had a blank screen on restart, a problem that has been plaguing this computer lately. (Actually, the monitor itself fails to turn on). I rolled back the display...

I'm wondering at this point if it would be better to just go with the original memory, putting the 1GB sticks in slots 1 and 3, and the 500MB sticks in slots 2 and 4? I know that would add up to only 3 GB, but might that be better, as all 4 slots would be filled? Or maybe this: buy two 1 GB...

Yep, that's it. The only difference is that the chipset is technically 6150se, n 450.

I'll respond here to the first part of your reply. What I did was to put one 2GB stick in the first slot, and one 2GB stick in the second slot. So I did not do it correctly, as far as I can see, based on your description of the correct procedure. If I use all 4 2GB sticks, that exceeds the max...

My confusion was about what slots to put them in. I must have looked at 5 different articles, but still came away confused. I guess I just never found the right article. The machine came with Vista, but was upgraded to W7. Recently, I reinstalled W7 to a new SSD, as the hard drive with the...

I have a very old Gateway GT5656 Desktop PC with an Elite MCP61PM-AM motherboard. Max RAM is 4GB. It came with 3GB in the form of 2 x 1GB, and 2 x 500MB, for a total of 3 GB. I have some compatible 2GB sticks, same exact specs, and need to know: 1) Can I use them on this board ? and 2)...

I just need a reliable machine as a backup; or for another room, etc. I have been doing a lot of searching, both new and used/refurb'd boards. I was hoping to just put the same CPU on it (6150se, M2, 4GB ram). An upgrade to M2+ or even M3 would be fine, too. But then I might need a CPU. Never...

I'm almost too embarrassed to say. It's for an old Gateway GT5656. I put in a new PSU and video card, and then I discovered it has some bad capacitors and probably needs a mobo. Linux runs fine on it, on a SSD. But both Vista (one old drive still has that on it), and Windows 7 have problems...

I guess I thought it was a subsidiary or something of HP. My bad.

I saw this on Newegg while looking for a mobo for an old desktop which has been partially rebuilt. I know that buying a used or refurbished mobo is risky, but does the fact that it's from the "HP store," and is rated Grade A, make it less risky? https://www.newegg.com/p/2MG-000H-000C5

Agree 100%. Windows 7 was a great system. Then came 8. Ugh. I mean, who actually liked that? They had to issue a revision almost immediately, it was so poorly received. I thought that with 10 they would go back and continue the greatness of 7. Giving it away was perhaps an admission of their...