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Emachine T5274
3.14.2009
Cpu: Intel E8400 Core 2 Duo @
3.0ghz/core and 6mb cache
Ram: Samsung DDR2 pc5300 2x2gig
PSU: Antec 500w
Graphics: ATI 4850 512mb OC edition
Sound: On board
Hard Drive: WD 320gig 7200rpm SATA
Optical Drives: HP DVD RW w/Lightscribe, Optiarc DVD RW
I have now completed my complete
upgrades on my system thought I would share my
experience. The T5274 has an Ecs 945gct-m3 Motherboard
which can handle any 800mhz FSB 65nm Intel cpu (Verified
by Emachine). That was not good enough for me and having
Windows Vista (OEM) leaves me with a HUGE problem....How
to replace the motherboard and not have to buy another
product Key to re-activate windows...
Those of us with this model have an option: Ecs
945gct-m/1333 $55 average and will support up to an
E8600 and 4gigs of Ram. I took the plunge and installed
the MB and an E8400 and all looked good...a few days
later I noticed in the system it said I had 12 more day
to activate windows....I entered the original key and
windows took it!!! Two weeks later and still no
problems.
Tacoma18
OS Upgrade
11.01.2009
Just installed Win 7-64 Ultimate on a
rock stock W3629 (ECS 945GCT-M3, IntelŪ PentiumŪ 4 631).
All drivers were native to the OS...took about 35
minutes.
TD
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