Hello and good evening,( 19.30 here in London).
My technical expertise is as follows : I tried,and succeeded, in adding extra RAM to my computer. I wrote to the Queen, in the hope that she might reward my stunning achievement, by perhaps laying the sword on my shoulder. Alas it was not to be.
My Problem is:
I've had my PC since Jan 2001. I have been experiencing all kinds of niggling problems, so have decided to replace Win.98SE with Win.XP. Before I roll up my sleeves and tackle that daunting task I've also decided to upgrade with a new M/Board and CPU.
I've chosen the AMD Athlon XP 2400+ (Socket A) CPU and the Asus A7N8X-X nForce2 (Socket A) M/Board. Are they OK together?
Also, how can I find out if my existing hardware will work with the new additions? I would like if possible to keep the following.
Floppy Disk Drive.
4x4x32 CD Rewritable.
Cyberlink 16xDVD ROM Drive.
To punish myself further I will need a new HDD with about 40GBs. Can you suggest a compatible one?
The case is ATX Mini Tower +300W PSU. Many thanks.
My technical expertise is as follows : I tried,and succeeded, in adding extra RAM to my computer. I wrote to the Queen, in the hope that she might reward my stunning achievement, by perhaps laying the sword on my shoulder. Alas it was not to be.
My Problem is:
I've had my PC since Jan 2001. I have been experiencing all kinds of niggling problems, so have decided to replace Win.98SE with Win.XP. Before I roll up my sleeves and tackle that daunting task I've also decided to upgrade with a new M/Board and CPU.
I've chosen the AMD Athlon XP 2400+ (Socket A) CPU and the Asus A7N8X-X nForce2 (Socket A) M/Board. Are they OK together?
Also, how can I find out if my existing hardware will work with the new additions? I would like if possible to keep the following.
Floppy Disk Drive.
4x4x32 CD Rewritable.
Cyberlink 16xDVD ROM Drive.
To punish myself further I will need a new HDD with about 40GBs. Can you suggest a compatible one?
The case is ATX Mini Tower +300W PSU. Many thanks.