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Hello to all the members here at pch! I recenly brought a new pc and made a mistake of chosing the A1020n hp privilion based on a web poll. So anyway i really liked it at first i mean it was a Pentium(R)4 3.06ghz 512 mb of RAM. The lightscribe is cool to edit burned images to cd and my16x duel layer dvd burner is quick for now. I only thought i wanted a pc to just surf in internet and burn music and etc., so this was a great pick in my eyes until just recenly! I have been seeing some next generation PC games i'd like to play that require a decent video card right. So i almost drive to bestbuy to buy a Ati video card but had an urge to crack my pc open to see whats under the hood first so i did. My feelings were hurt when i seen no AGP slot! all because it has intergrated graphics why do they make those things oh yea money it's cheaper. i'm not sharpest tool but i love to learn and determined to buy a new motherboard and install it myself so i don't have to pay someone too. I can still use my pentium4 cpu from my current board and transplant it into the new board right? if someone could give me some helpful point i would love to here from you thanks Octagon!

ya hp's you can put a new motherboard in ther. But need to know what chipset your cpu is. download everest and post the quick test back here

you can download everest http://www.lavalys.hu/downloads/everesthome201.exe

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Edit: But the problem is going to be with the backup partition... And backup disc's.. You wont be able to intall XP unless you buy a retail or OEM version from somwhere like newegg. So u will have a new motherboard with a pci express or agp slot but no operating system

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Field Value
Motherboard Properties
Motherboard ID 63-0319-000000-00101111-031005-I915$A0005079_BIOS DATE: 03/10/05 17:00:55 VER: 08.
Motherboard Name Unknown

Front Side Bus Properties
Bus Type Intel NetBurst
Bus Width 64-bit
Real Clock 133 MHz (QDR)
Effective Clock 533 MHz
Bandwidth 4266 MB/s

Memory Bus Properties
Bus Type Dual DDR2 SDRAM
Bus Width 128-bit
Real Clock 200 MHz (DDR)
Effective Clock 400 MHz
Bandwidth 6400 MB/s

Chipset Bus Properties
Bus Type Intel Direct Media Interface

i hope that was the correct info requested?

Field Value
North Bridge Properties
North Bridge Intel Grantsdale-G i915G
Revision / Stepping 04 / B1
Package Type 1210 Pin FC-BGA
Package Size 3.75 cm x 3.75 cm
Core Voltage 1.5 V
In-Order Queue Depth 12

Memory Controller
Type Dual Channel (128-bit)
Active Mode Dual Channel (128-bit)

Memory Timings
CAS Latency (CL) 3T
RAS To CAS Delay (tRCD) 3T
RAS Precharge (tRP) 3T
RAS Active Time (tRAS) 8T

Error Correction
ECC Not Supported
ChipKill ECC Not Supported
ECC Scrubbing Not Supported

Memory Slots
DRAM Slot #1 256 MB (DDR2 SDRAM)
DRAM Slot #2 256 MB (DDR2 SDRAM)

Integrated Graphics Controller
Graphics Controller Type Intel GMA 900
Graphics Controller Status Enabled
Graphics Frame Buffer Size 8 MB

Chipset Manufacturer
Company Name Intel Corporation
Product Information http://www.intel.com/products/browse/chipsets.htm
Driver Download http://support.intel.com/support/chipsets/index.htm

ok what is the number on the front of your pc..? Like a1020n? It will be on the front down below or you can press control alt and s at the same time and it will bring up the number or model# of your pc