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by gkiran7

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I am going to upgrade my old PC and the configuration of the new pc will be
Intel E7200 (or E7300) Processor
Intel DG 31 PR Mo bo (Should work with my existing CRT Monitor and one IDE HDD & one IDE

DVD-Writer. Will it work ?)
Transcend 2GB DDR2 RAM
250GB Seagate SATA HDD
Logitech(?) Keyboard & Optical Mouse
APC 500VA UPS with serial connectivity to the PC
Zebronics Cabinet
Coolermaster SMPS

Suggest me required changes, if any. I will use the existing CRT monitor, DVD-Writer and

External ADSL Modem with the new PC as well.

I have old HDD with Win 98 SE installed on it. Can I use this HDD on my new pc with

intel GD 31 PR mother board with C2Duo 2.66 GHz processor ? (I am upgrading my pc this

weekend)

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by oh smeg

This is a Question and should be asked as such. That way you get a E-Mail every time someone answers your question as apposed to a once a day notification to a discussion.

Secondly the Intel DG 31 PR is a Chip Set type of M'Board not an actual M'Board and it's a 945 Chip Set so it's fairly old for a 775 Socket type. You may be better of looking at one of the newer Intel Chip Set Types.

Also as this isn't a M'Board what it can have connected to it is impossible to answer as different makers can incorporate different Features one of which is the Number of IDE Chanel's that are supported. So if this M'Board that you select that runs a 945 Chip Set has 2 IDE Chanel's you can run up to 4 IDE Devices but if it only comes with 1 IDE Connector you can only run 2 IDE Devices.

As for the rest of your Questions most are also impossible to answer as well because there is no M'Board to look at to see what is supported.

But with any current M'Board 1 X IDE HDD and 1 X IDE DVD Burner should work OK provided that you have the HDD as the Master and the DVD Burner as the Slave though the computer may be very slow when you are burning Optical Media.

the 2 GIG of RAM may or may not work depending on how it is actually configured 2 X 1 GIG Sticks should be OK but it may be a Marginal Call if 1 X 2 GIG Stick is OK as for the Brand it may or may not be OK this Depends on who makes the M'Board and what Memory is in their Supported RAM List. Also as this supports a Dual Chanel RAM 2 X 1 GIG Sticks would be better.

As for using 98 SE with this hardware again depending on who makes the M'Board there may or may not be 98 Drivers Available.

Here is the Spec Sheet for this Chip Set Family

http://www.intel.com/Assets/PDF/designguide/307504.pdf

Col

by gkiran7

thanks for the reply. Yes, I should have posted this as a question.

I was in the impression that GD 31 PR is mother board. I wont be able to run Win98 SE on the new hardware. manufacturer will not bundle the drivers of mo bo for Win98. I need to collect the serial keys of all the softwares installed in Win 98 and then use them on Win XP.

by oh smeg

A lot of software made for Windows 98 was not compatible with XP so unless this is all new Software made since Windows XP was introduced it may not work on XP.

I still support a lot of Specialized Applications that where never rewritten to run on XP. With careful choosing of Hardware I can still build new systems for use with DOS and 98SE though it's getting harder. You also need to remember that the FAT32 Partitions do have a limited size as well so some Platforms like NT4, DOS, 98SE can only use what are today considered as Very Small Hard Disc Drives.

Col

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