motherboard & prosser

[Guest]

I recently purchesed a costom built desk top computer,it was sold to me as a
combo MB863G Pro 3800+,512 MB memory,80 GB hard drive XP HOME after about a
month I stated haveing alot of trouble with the thing.I notcied in my
computer properties it would read XP-M 1900+ ,I carried it back and the
fastest the man could make it run was 2500+ and said my motherboard was
bad,he would replace it.Ok he installed an P4M80-M4,My system properties
reads (computer Intel(R) Celeron(R)CPU2.26GHz2.26GHz,448 MB of RAM).My
problem is Im new at all this and I dont know if i have what I paid for right
on or not,or if I have my 3800+ or not,my computer is still slow and eratic
im confused and at my wits end could some one please help strighten me out on
some of this?

 

[Ghostrider]

I recently purchesed a costom built desk top computer,it was sold to me as a
combo MB863G Pro 3800+,512 MB memory,80 GB hard drive XP HOME after about a
month I stated haveing alot of trouble with the thing.I notcied in my
computer properties it would read XP-M 1900+ ,I carried it back and the
fastest the man could make it run was 2500+ and said my motherboard was
bad,he would replace it.Ok he installed an P4M80-M4,My system properties
reads (computer Intel(R) Celeron(R)CPU2.26GHz2.26GHz,448 MB of RAM).My
problem is Im new at all this and I dont know if i have what I paid for right
on or not,or if I have my 3800+ or not,my computer is still slow and eratic
im confused and at my wits end could some one please help strighten me out on
some of this?

Neither motherboard is anything to write home about. Both are
low-end systems and "slow" is a relative term. Moreover, the
PCChips MB863G uses an AMD Duran CPU whilst the Biostar P4M80-M4,
an Intel Celeron with VIA chipset.

As a general rule, buying a custom-built system is not the route
to take for a neophyte computer buyer. There were better choices
from the major OEM brands.

 

[Guest]

Go to intel.com,downloads,locate chipset,locate chipset installation utility,
download.Return to downloads,proccesor software,that celeron can use the
processor frequency id utility,or the processor i.d. utility,download
either or
both.

 

[Mike Hall, MS-MVP]

The PCChips MB863G Pro is a budget motherboard at best, able to take the AMD
K7 socket A processor type.. from what I can see, there is no socket A 3800+
processor available, so the combination was never a starter.. It is
difficult to say what was fitted at this point..

The Biostar P4M80-M4 is also a budget board.. the Celeron CPU fitted is a
budget processor..

All immaterial really.. the issue is whether or not you gotten value for
money, and are you happy with it?..

A comparison for you..

http://www.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/featured_basdt?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs