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You mean pci-e x1 slots? Like these? And i highly doubt that you have a 160W processor. I didn't even have a 300W back in 2001. Check again. Couldnt find anything on Compaqs website. Doesn't matter really because if you want to upgrade to a dedicated card you're gonna have to upgrade that psu...

Welcome to the forum! Lets see... your board is pretty old and there's no chance any of it's core hardware and peripherals will be compatible with newer motherboards containing usb 3.0. If you get a board, you'll have to upgrade everything. memory, cpu, and maybe even your cd/hard drives...

Good question. They're still around because not all software is compatible with 64-bit systems yet. Like bugsy said, the transition is happening but slowly. Frankly, i think the progress over the past few years has been great. I see more and more 64-bit versions of software available. If you're...

It sure is, and is faster than 32-bit

Looks dead to me man... is there any way you can connect it back?

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Can you get into Recovery Console via your installation cd? It's an option in the very beginning of the installation (blue screen... before you have an option to format).

Yep Asus has an option to restore back to your default bios. But yes understand that it is always risky to upgrade bios. But it's rare that an error should occur. While upgrading, never interrupt the job and you'll be fine.

According to ASUS support page, you can run up to a 960 with the x4 processors. But technically, your motherboard does support it because you're able to boot up into windows. This issue is common and is usually fixed with a bios upgrade. Which bios revision are you using? IT's displayed at the...

Yeah you can purchase fans that use a 4-pin molex connector and connect it to your power supply.

I'm not sure, me and violet when through a heck of a ride trying to figure out how a user would fair off from the swap. How is it so far violet? And if you're going to upgrade to 4gb, get your hands on a 64bit operating system so you could save that 1gb and use it up ;)

Very few applications take up a lot of memory, but apps like photoshop, virtualbox, and other rendering software will benefit from have 8gb+ ram. Check this out: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/the-8gb64-bit-advantage-more-ram-doesnt-always-mean-better-performance/2354

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What i would do is the measure. Going left from the pci slot just at the I/O panel, start measuring from this point going right until you hit your drive bay or any maximum point.

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According to Dell that pc has a pci-e x16 slot, so yes you're good to go!

oooh gotcha... then i'd say get at least 4-6gb

No, not really... not to the average user any way. 2-4gb is good enough.

Believe it or not some peripherals still use the old pci bus. And some users might even have old vga cards that use pci slots... can't imagine anyone still using that though. It's mostly used for extension cards and such...

now that's smarter ;)