(HP Netserver E60 upgrades question?)

[CA1082298]

Hi all

Ive just got hold of a tower (E60) and have formatted and installed XP home edition and so far so good.
specs:
2x400mhz p2's
so far 2x128mg =256mb pc100 dimms(upgrading to full 1gig soon)
4.2gig scsi harddisc (HP make)maybe upgrading to 20gig ide
floppy
cd rom(upgrading to cd writer)and adding a dvd drive
savage4 agp card 32mgs
56k us robotics external

so far im abit disapointed that there is no way of upgrading the AGP rate to 4x(updates ect)
and also being able to take 512mg dimms (nice 4x512mg):)
more than likley im stuck with little to push once ive got it all up to max.

any suggestions are more than welcome and also if anyone has got thier e60 etc, to accept a cpu that is more than a 550-600mhz p2-p3etc.


stephen

[CA1082298]

Hi again

was wondering if its ok for this board to get a 3-400 watt psu added (as long as i can find one to fit:)

thanks again


stephen

[CA1082298]

Hi again:)

was gonna add my geforce 3 ti 200 64mg ddr plus dx9,thus wondering about agp speed.


thanks again

stephen

[CA467151]

I would not recommend trying to upgrade the power supply - there is no safe way to test this.
I am including some basic specs on the E60, hope this helps.

Processor: PII 400MHz or 450MHz / PIII 500MHz or 550MHz. 512kb cache. Dual ready.
System Board: 440BX chipset.
PCI spec: 2.1 Hierarchical (2 Buses) PCI bus structure.
Memory: 4 100MHz SDRAM ECC unbuffered DIMMs, added 1 at a time. Maximum 1GB / 4x256MB.
SCSI: Chipset AIC7895
Speed:Ultra Wide 40MB/sec
Controller Config:
Single Controller / Dual Channel
I/O: 5 32-bit PCI, 1 PCI/ISA
NIC: Includes one integrated 10/100TX NIC (D5013x style).
Video: ATI Rage IIc (AGP version). 4MB std

[CA1082298]

Hi terri

what do you mean when you say dont upgrade the psu? (e.g)would the board take it etc ?

Thanks for the advice:)


stephen

[CA1082298]

Hi all

hello ive been reading up and im wondering if i get hold of(2) cpu's with (SSE) 3DNOW!!ETC instead of just MMX would i have any decent improvement.?


stephen

[CA467151]

"will the board take it" is the question. The only way you'll know is by plugging it in - which could toast your motherboard. Not worth the risk. The E60 includes one 256 watt power supply.

[CA1082298]

Hi terri

will the standard psu(256watt)
handle added hardware such as extra drives etc??

and could you tell me what type of fuse (power)rating it is.


i may try getting a bigger psu but not for a while as long as the system can maintain the upgrades like geforce 3 etc power wise.


stephen

[CA467151]

The power supply will support all the internal devices installed. Take a look at the E60 datasheet here, it will answer questions such as power specs, total drives you can install, etc. Best stuff starts on page # 6.

http://h200001.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/lpn11182/lpn11182.pdf

[CA1082298]

Hi all

cheers terri
il take a good look later


thanks again


stephen

[CA1082298]

Hi all

terri could you please tell me what board the E60 uses or where i could find some sort of spec list etc e.g chipset etc etc.


thank you for any help you can give


stephen

[CA1082298]

Hi all


no worries found specs just being abit slow on the uptake(hp specs sheet)doh


stephen

[Peter Cullen_2]

Hi Stephen, I got my hands on a Netserver E60 last year. I've got the box running with two PIII 700Mhz. I get an error on boot because the microcode is not supported in the BIOS, but I'm running XP SP1 and I think it looks after the Microcode update thru windows anyway. I've also installed an ASUS ATI 9200 card, and a creative Soundblaster Live card. Stability is rock solid, I use it as a games/multi media PC connected to my TV. I've got 512mb and I have to say I love this box. I replaced the tape drive with a SCSI DVD, and the IDE CD with a CD/RW unit.

[Peter Cullen_2]

Just to add, Stephen, the DIP switch settings show support for processors up to 700MHZ and at boot it does show the correct processor speed as does the Intel Processor speed utility. Also the USB ports DO work, I've got my Webcam connected, on my box the USB ports had a strip of silver tape covering them, but after I removed this and plugged in any USB device, I've had no problems.