Cleanest removal of drivers

[paulyoung666]

Originally Posted by dellwear

We're getting a new machine with 1024MB Ram in it and I want to take 512MB out of it when it arrives and place it in mine, will I need to make any changes to the BIOS or anything, or can I just switch them over and expect it to work?

dont forget you will most likely invalidate your warranty by doing this , why not go and buy a stick of ram for the older machine

[Stuart]

Originally Posted by paulyoung666

dont forget you will most likely invalidate your warranty by doing this , why not go and buy a stick of ram for the older machine

Good point. No point invalidating the warranty when you can spend a few quid on RAM.

[Shaun]

Originally Posted by scastle

Good point. No point invalidating the warranty when you can spend a few quid on RAM.

The reason I wanted to swap it over was because Dell are throwing in the extra stick of 512 for free (I've had some trouble with their Indian call centre ) and it would be better off in mine.

To be fair Dell don't seal their cases and if stuff goes wrong they often ask you to post it to them for a replacement so I cant see it causing a real problem with the warranty, if something goes wrong (not that I'm expecting it to, my original Dell hasn't had a problem in its first year) then I can always stick it back.

edit - this is what sandra said :

SiSoftware Sandra

System
Host Name : SHAUNS
User : Shaun
Domain : SHAUNS

Processor
Model : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz
Speed : 2.79GHz
Performance Rating : PR3069 (estimated)
Type : Standard
L2 On-board Cache : 512kB ECC Synchronous ATC (8-way sectored, 64 byte line size)

Mainboard
Bus(es) : X-Bus AGP PCI IMB USB i2c/SMBus
MP Support : 1 CPU(s)
MP APIC : Yes
System BIOS : Dell Computer Corporation A08
Mainboard : Dell Computer Corp.
Total Memory : 511MB DDR-SDRAM

Chipset 1
Model : Dell Computer Corp 82845G/GL/GV Brookdale Host-Hub Interface Bridge (A1-step)
Front Side Bus Speed : 4x 133MHz (532MHz data rate)
Total Memory : 512MB DDR-SDRAM
Memory Bus Speed : 2x 166MHz (332MHz data rate)

Video System
Monitor/Panel : Dell E151FPp
Adapter : NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420
Imaging Device : Lexmark X74-X75

Physical Storage Devices
Removable Drive : Floppy disk drive
Hard Disk : IC35L120AVVA07-0
CD-ROM/DVD : HL-DT-ST CD-ROM GCR-8481B
CD-ROM/DVD : _NEC DVD+RW ND-1100A
CD-ROM/DVD : Generic STEALTH DVD SCSI CdRom Device

[paulyoung666]

they may not seal there cases but are you sure that they dont have a case switch that would show it would have been opened

[Stuart]

Originally Posted by dellwear

SiSoftware Sandra

System
Host Name : SHAUNS
User : Shaun
Domain : SHAUNS

Processor
Model : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz
Speed : 2.79GHz
Performance Rating : PR3069 (estimated)
Type : Standard
L2 On-board Cache : 512kB ECC Synchronous ATC (8-way sectored, 64 byte line size)

Mainboard
Bus(es) : X-Bus AGP PCI IMB USB i2c/SMBus
MP Support : 1 CPU(s)
MP APIC : Yes
System BIOS : Dell Computer Corporation A08
Mainboard : Dell Computer Corp.
Total Memory : 511MB DDR-SDRAM

Chipset 1
Model : Dell Computer Corp 82845G/GL/GV Brookdale Host-Hub Interface Bridge (A1-step)
Front Side Bus Speed : 4x 133MHz (532MHz data rate)
Total Memory : 512MB DDR-SDRAM
Memory Bus Speed : 2x 166MHz (332MHz data rate)

Video System
Monitor/Panel : Dell E151FPp
Adapter : NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420
Imaging Device : Lexmark X74-X75

Physical Storage Devices
Removable Drive : Floppy disk drive
Hard Disk : IC35L120AVVA07-0
CD-ROM/DVD : HL-DT-ST CD-ROM GCR-8481B
CD-ROM/DVD : _NEC DVD+RW ND-1100A
CD-ROM/DVD : Generic STEALTH DVD SCSI CdRom Device

Definately DDR. Have highlighted where it says so.

[Bifta]

You do not need to reformat and reinstall your operating system unless it refuses to boot, even then there are still way's round it. So long as the drivers are removed correctly then you shouldn't have any problems.

[Shaun]

Originally Posted by scastle

Definately DDR. Have highlighted where it says so.

Cheers mate

[Shaun]

Originally Posted by paulyoung666

they may not seal there cases but are you sure that they dont have a case switch that would show it would have been opened

Possibly, I'll have a look in mine and see if they have, cheers for the heads up

[Alanmelon]

There we go. 6 hours later, XP plus all updates installed, and all is running very nicely. Just have to install my apps again now

[paulyoung666]

Originally Posted by Alanmelon

There we go. 6 hours later, XP plus all updates installed, and all is running very nicely. Just have to install my apps again now

good stuff

[Stuartbe]

Originally Posted by Alanmelon

There we go. 6 hours later, XP plus all updates installed, and all is running very nicely. Just have to install my apps again now

6 hours - I hope you did not run windows update on a dial up

Make sure you defrag the drives after installing all your software m8