A little update on the good ole eMachines. The video card upgrade went well initially, but turns out that the minimum recommendation for the Power supply was 350W for that card and the standard issue PS was only 300W...so occasionally there were some blips. Well last night I installed a new 550W PS ($39.00) and a Corsair RAM tachometer controlled cooling rack (it was only $17.00 so I couldn't resist) So am into the upgrade now about a total of $124. Now truly VISTA ready and hopefully good for a couple more years...knock on wood. I am out of fan headers on the Mother Board and maxed out on RAM (2 GB) so this is about all I can do under the hood for this box.
Obviously, I won't win any awards for my wire routing :-)
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