Sony PC question

[europeanplates]

I have an older VIAO desktop. PIII 1000 with 128MB. I was using this to back up some files and had some old junk on it. I now plan to use it again and need some advice for an upgrade. It is running SLOOOW. I have cleared the history and ran a PC doctor program to clear out any bugs.

I have found memory for 49.00 to bump it up to 1024mb, however it has the old socket 370, does anyone know if there is an adaptor to something more currect. I can not swap the Mother board out since it integrated into the case and screen OR do thing adding the memery will speed things up.



Thanks,

Tyler

[Ryan Stewart]

Getting memory and the fastest hard drive you can will help. It wont be quick but it should be usable.

[Jean]

MAke sure you get the right RAM. Also, look into possibly upgrading it's hdd, it's probably got an older 4200rpm drive ...

[StereoInstaller1]

1GB of PC133 and find a PCI "SATA" card, add a 500GB SATA hard drive. Use your existing hard drive for the operating system, save the 500GB for files.

Hardware ready to rock.

Wipe hard drive clean using a "zero bit write" program available from the hard drive manufacturer. Do a fresh install of whatever OS you choose, or if you really only want to store files, look into a NAS (Netweork Attached Storage) based OS, or Linux (ubuntu or something). Personally, for "ease of use" I would do XP Pro...but some of that linux stuff is finally getting easier to build/install.

Luke