It's taken me awhile to start this thread, sorry. I know this may end up in flame wars. Again I am sorry.

So everyone knows my situation. Well those close to me on this site do. My computer is finally showing signs of how old it truly is. Keep in mind my computer has a Pentium 4 processor so I am guessing this setup to be almost ten years old. The problem, even after a few friends helped me here with a new hard drive and more memory, is the rest of the system. The processor can't keep up with the newer operating systems. I'm having a hard time just running XP. Found out the other day my DVD Burner drive is almost dead as it will read disc sometimes and other times it will not. Monitor is on it's last legs as well. Hard to read anything and the brightness is going out. It's an old CRT Dell monitor that is almost as old as the tower.

As Starkers had told you this computer is my main way to communicate with the things that are important in my life. So I was hoping someone out there had a few newer parts I could install to extend the life of the machine a bit. Nothing special. I already have DDR2 memory and a newer hard drive. Just need a few other things.

So carry on. Discuss I guess.


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on Feb 04, 2013

The tower I have now isn't really that small. Has room for 2 120mm fans up front, 2 on the side, and one in the rear. I'm running a huge P4 board right now and there is plenty of left over room.

Don't get me wrong I'll take the case if we can find a way to get it here. I was just trying to come up with a different way to help.

on Feb 04, 2013

Ace, do you have paypal?dt1

on Feb 04, 2013

Yes doortech , I have a business account with PayPal.

on Feb 04, 2013

Would 20.00 help you get it shipped?

on Feb 04, 2013

At this point in time, any amount would be most helpful yes. I was hoping that maybe some of the other members would pitch in a small amount because you know those nickel and dimes can add up, especially here on WC. No one person would have to chip in much and if we had several, then we could get the job done with no strain on anyone.

on Feb 04, 2013

I have a few dollars in my Paypal account if that helps.

on Feb 04, 2013

Well Kona, I know what few resources you have already and this would certainly put an extra strain on you which is not a good thing. Just be patient my friend because I know that God will provide a way for this to be taken care of. He's never let me down and this will be no different. We'll get it done ,so don't worry.

on Feb 04, 2013

Thanks!!

on Feb 04, 2013

Ace, send me your paypal info...I'm good for 20.

on Feb 04, 2013

Thank-you so much Jim, you are totally awsome !!   I'll get a quick P.M out to you.

on Feb 05, 2013

Thanks for the help with the case. You know who you are.

on Feb 05, 2013

I will throw twenty to your paypal asap, will no be until later this am or afternoon though, I have work. I will try to get it done this am though.DT!

on Feb 05, 2013

Drop me a PM with the Paypal info if you still need more money to get this shipped? I can do 20 dollars also

on Feb 05, 2013

Ace, I sent the money about 7am this morning, says it went through, do not know when its available to you, please let me know if something went wrong, DT1.

on Feb 05, 2013

o.k......here's the latest update, when I first estimated the weight of the box to the Post Office, I grossely underestimated it at about 8 lbs. It's actually 18.8 pounds, so that shot the price up to about what Fedex estimated. But I found out from my son-in-law that he runs the Fedex & UPS accounts at the shipping warehouse where he works. He said that tommorrow morning he will take the package with him to work and see if he can get me a good rate with faster ship time. So It will definitely be leaving on a truck tommorrow morning. I will update what he tells me tommorrow when he calls me from his work.

P.S - doortech , didn't see anything new in the Paypal account as of 5:00 pm EST. Not sure if it went through my friend. I'll let you know if anything changes.

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