UPGRADING C/D DRIVE TO 250GB & MEORY TO 756MB

[visionary71]

I wish to upgrade my main `C' /`D' drive to 250gb (or higher?) and my Mem Mods to 756MB but I am not sure if my mother board can handle it.
Could anyone please advise me -thanks?

According toBelarc's System Management

Operating System

System Model

Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (build 2600)

eMachines, Inc. Imperial Revision 0.90
Enclosure Type: Other

Processor a

Main Circuit Board b

1.70 gigahertz Intel Celeron
8 kilobyte primary memory cache
128 kilobyte secondary memory cache
128 kilobyte tertiary memory cache

Board: TriGem Computer, Inc. Imperial 1.03
BIOS: Phoenix 6.00 08/26/2002

Drives

Memory Modules c,d

380.09 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
256.22 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

_NEC DVD_RW ND-3520A [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]

SAMSUNG HD300LD [Hard drive] (300.07 GB) -- drive 1
ST380011A [Hard drive] (80.03 GB) -- drive 0, s/n 5JV66P4E, rev 3.06, SMART Status: Healthy

382 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot 'J5G3' has 256 MB
Slot 'J5G2' has 128 MB

Local Drive Volumes

c: (NTFS on drive 0)
42.95 GB
7.21 GB free
d: (NTFS on drive 0)
37.07 GB
29.16 GB free
f: (NTFS on drive 1)
300.07 GB
219.84 GB free

[glendalf81]

hi the way to check if your mobo will take the memory is download a program called SIW google it you should find it, it is a great app that will tell you anything you need to know about your system, install and run then on the left pane of the app you will see lots of catagories a bit like what you see in device manager find and click on memory tab and at the top it will display your mobo's max memory capacity and the maximum module size as well as what frequency range you can install.

as for the hard drive use some partition manager software and connect the old and new hard drive to the same system and you can copy any data including the O/S n to the larger hard drive
your mobo will be able to take it as it is only used for storage and does not affect how the system runs

hope this helps
glendalf

[visionary71]

Thanks for you helpful reply, I will follow through on your suggestions

[glendalf81]

your welcome let me know how you get on

[visionary71]

I loaded SUI but was required to load SQLEXPR before it was usable and found it had 5500 files and was most complex.
Is this what you had to do and negotiate?
Do let me know-thanks

[glendalf81]

hi it seems you have downloaded the wrong program the one you want is SIW not SUI

[ShyguyXPC]

Quote:

Originally Posted by visionary71

I loaded SUI but was required to load SQLEXPR before it was usable and found it had 5500 files and was most complex.
Is this what you had to do and negotiate?
Do let me know-thanks

Quote:

Originally Posted by glendalf81

hi it seems you have downloaded the wrong program the one you want is SIW not SUI

[glendalf81]

i just checked out pcwizard and i cant seem to find where it says maximum memory capacity or max module size, i will still try belarc but i still recommend SIW

[visionary71]

Thanks again, you were correct, I must have hit the wrong download. all is now correct and I can have a max of 512mb.

[ShyguyXPC]

Quote:

Originally Posted by glendalf81

i just checked out pcwizard and i cant seem to find where it says maximum memory capacity or max module size, i will still try belarc but i still recommend SIW

sometimes it won't say, but if you click on the main board tab, then Physical Memory section in box on right, at bottom of the bottom box with all the RAM info of each stick etc, there should be a section of Memory Controller info should state the number of connectors/slots & the max size per module/stick of RAM.

on my AMD rig & the Jetway Geforce 6100 Mobo it doesn't show up right, but my Intel Q6600 Rig with the MSI nforce 650i SLI board & quad core it shows up right, states number of modules, max module size as well as max amount of RAM it can support (running WinXP 32-bit so it only says 4GB max, but the board can support 8GB max in 64-bit OS)