From 2.0 to 2.4Ghz

Just a quick note to inform you that I've just upgraded an emachines 570 (I live in the UK) 2Ghz Celeron 128L2/400FSB Trigem Imperial motherboard to a P4 2.4Ghz 512L2/400FSB.
Apparently Trigem Imperials support the 533FSB but I did not want to chance it, hope this is of some value to you and keep up the good work.

RamseyRobb

T2042 CPU Support

10.07.03

I attempted to install a P4 2.4 ghz 533 FSB [S-spec SL6Q8]. Evidently the Imperial[-GL] motherboard does not support the 533 FSB.

danmac51

Accessed Advanced BIOS Setup [Emachines 380 IM845G]

12.16.03

F11 brings up an advanced BIOS set up allowing access to AGP aperture, clock multipliers, and other goodies

PeteBrant

HP Imperial CPU Upgrade

1.30.04

I have a HP Pavilion with the Trigem Imperial GLVE board. [Upgraded] the processor on it from a 2.0GHz [to a] 2.7GHz Celeron processor (478 Pin 128KB Cache 400MHz. FSB 1.525V). The board is running the Phoenix Bios 3.24 that was with the 2.0GHz. It has an 845GL chipset. Every thing seems to be working alright. You can sure tell the difference.

Cliff74647

T2385 processor upgrade (Imperial GLVE)

02.11.04

2.4ghz P4 400mhz fsb. The computer recognized it immediately.

Jojo123

Imperial 845GV Mobo & 2.8GHZ 533FSB P4

02.14.04

I have an eMachines T2692, with a TriGem Imperial 845GV Mobo. Tonight I upgraded the ram from 256meg to 1gig. And I swapped out the original 2.6ghz celeron cpu for a 2.8ghz 533FSB P4. It's all working flawlessly (it's been running for about ten hours now with every test I can think of to throw at it). No bios adjustments are needed, just a simple swap. It couldn't have been easier to do and it makes a huge difference. With the original configuration, using the onboard video, 3DMark2001 was 1100+ and now it's 2100+. A full system scan using Norton Antivirus took over twenty minutes before and now it takes just over twelve. Everything else is opening and running faster.

bandl

Killer Upgrades on the Imperial-GV! (T-2682)

02.03.05

-upgraded the stock 5400rpm hard drive to a 7200rpm WD hard drive first - significant improvement in all-around performance

-upgraded stock 256mb PC2100 ram to 1gb PC2700 ram (2x512mb), system recognized it without a problem and speed seemed improved a fair bit

-upgraded to 3.06gHz processor with matching fan & heat sink (and Artcic Silver 5 heatsink compound), system recognized it immediately and bios gave option to enable hyperthreading - which I did and then confirmed it was working by checking the hardware manager and verifying that it showed 2- 3.06gHz processors.
The sSpec of the processor I installed is SL6PG, but SL6QC should also work based on the Intel product specs and the other 533fsb 3.06 processors may work too. Cannot promise this as my processor has the D1 stepping (as does the SL6QC) whereas the others in the group have the C1 stepping.
Keep in mind that you cannot use a Prescott core based processor with these motherboards. The SL6PG and SL6QC are Northwood core based (0.13 micron).

-installed the ATI Radeon 9200SE video card - works well (wish there was an AGP slot...); downloaded Catalyst software/drivers from ATI website and everything seems happy.

-installed the soundblaster live! card and CRASH!!! - not the fault of the hardware - appeared the driver for the sound card disagreed with something my son had previously downloaded. Ended up re-installing Windows XP from the cd's that came with the computer and everything played nicely after that.

Speed is considerably improved - seems very close to my Dell 3.0gHz 800fsb machine, although on intensive 3D games (Doom3, Halo, UT2004, etc) it is noticeably slower but very playable (before there was no way it could hope to run those!).

ecker567

Mobo Upgrade

08.30.05

Got an ASUS P4BGV-MX MB for $25 as a replacement for the original T2692/Imperial GL MB. This has virtually identical specs/chipsets as the original. Even the front panel audio and USB connectors connect right up the way they should.

Stuck my Celeron 2.6 CPU in there, and everything fired right up.

System asked me to activate.

Plugged in my LAN cable and went into activation process and ... no joy. Said I could not connect to an activation server. Checked my LAN connection - got link lights. Checked IPCONFIG, gave me an error. Hmmm??? Read on MICROSOFT web site that this error could be caused by having BIOS time way off. Checked, and mine was somehow set for 2002. Changed it to 2005, and off we go again.

This time ... no joy. Got further than before, but was told my product key was no good. I checked the product key displayed on the screen with the COA on the back of the unit, and they were totally different. Input the one from the back of the unit (on the COA), and ... JOY!

Activation was completed, and the unit runs fine with this replacement MB. The only thing I had to install was a new AC'97 driver for audio.

So, I don't know if the system will restore off of the eMachines Restore disks or not (didn't need to reinstall since my existing hard drive was OK). I imagine not. But what you can do is use any other (non-restore-type-disks) OEM XP installation disks to install your XP. Then go to activate Windows, then change the Product Key, then input your eMachines product key. It should go fine from here.

My saga is ended, at least for now. I am happy my Video Production PC is back up and running. Hope this helps others who may need to go down this road. Remember, if your hard drive is good, and only your MB or CPU is bad, buy this ASUS MB (or another with very similar specs, like the Intel mentioned above, just get one that works). You MUST have the Nortbridge and Southbridge chips the same, the video chip the same, and the LAN controller the same in order to reduce risk of activation failure or blue screen of death problems.

kellyrm116

T2542 CPU Upgrade

11.17.05

Well I replaced my 2.8 ghz with a 3.06 ghz Hyperthreaded processor and it works flawlessly (I think, more on that later). I put in the SL6S5 version. Just a note to others considering the upgrade . . . the following hyperthreaded processors are available for your T2542 (or same Imperial IM845GV motherboard).

SL6SM
SL6S5
SL6K7
SL6JJ

There are a couple other 3.06/478 processors, put they have a different CPUID string and they are NOT HyperThreaded.

Unfortunately, I was so anxious to get the processor in, that I neglected to run comprehensive benchmarks on the non-HT processor first so I could compare apples to oranges. It doesn't seem significantly faster than the non-HT processor, though it does seem to perform more CONSISTENTLY (fewer brief slowdowns with multiple apps). I suppose the real value is that now I don't have to waste time wondering what my 'puter would be like with a faster processor.

mjbruno

T2682 Mobo Upgrade

02.03.06

Someone gave me a 2682 with a failed power supply that took out the motherboard (as I suspect is the case with most "dead" or "won't boot" problems. I replaced it with an MSI 845GVM-V. I also replaced the power supply with a used one I had on the shelf. I moved the CPU and memory over and fired it up. It of course asked me to validate WinXP and did so by doing a complete restore with the restore disks and then activated XP by using the modem that I had transferred too. I then uninstalled the Sound driver as it was incorrect for this motherboard. I shut down and then restarted it and XP asked for the new driver which I fed it and everything is back to normal. I had searched for days and saw some very high prices for the motherboard that was OEM if it was even available. One brought over $200 last week on ebay: yeah just the board!! Anyway after looking and comparing lots of boards I got this one on ebay for 30 and all is back good now. The MSI845GVM-V was an 845 chipset with the same Realtek NIC and Audio but the original Sound driver would not work. All of the cables plugged in the same so no problem there. Be sure to get one with an I/O shield as they are different. All of the holes line up with the case. Another post or two said what board they used in this scenario but most never returned to say about the restore disks and re-activation. I did use dial up for the activation NOT the call them on the phone activation.

Carl

T2240 Mobo Upgrade

01.17.07

I just got my replacement board [PC CHIPS M963GV (V5.0) Socket 478 SiS 661GX ] for my eMachines T2240 that got killed by the cpu. I didn't even have to reinstall XP at all! All I did when I put the hard drives back in for the first time was boot in safe mode and let XP install all the needed drivers for the new components and stuff. Then I double check to see if I needed to uninstall anything from the old pc manually (like the video card) but I didn't have to.

I then took this opportunity to finally put to use my beautiful ATI 9600xt that I bought over a year ago but couldn't get to work. I bought it for my T3302 but the Via chipset was incompatibility with the ATI card and never got it to work. That's why I intentionally bought this mobo that had an sis chipset and not via. the card worked PERFECTLY. I put away my old pci vid card, install all the necessary drivers for anything that needed them and bam, done.

Tact

Imperial-GV Mobo Upgrade

02.09.07

I just replaced the mobo in my T2692 with the ASRock P4i65G and the Celeron 2.6 Ghz cpu wasn't fried so it's in the new board along with a new power supply and RAM. I reloaded the restore cds and then did a repair install with a WIn XP HOme cd and it worked great, activated with no questions asked. (Maybe they were out to lunch or something)

tinkerbell

Imperial-GL Mobo Upgrade (T2042)

03.18.07

All went well went with Biostar P4M80-M4. No problems really at all, slapped it right in even was able to use the I/O shield from the Imperial mobo.

reinstar

Audio Help

4.26.08