Presario 6300us,

[Jerry B]

Can Someone Tell Me If A DVD-RW Will Work In My Computer,And If So How Do I Install IT,Thank You . powdergunman@yahoo.com

[bocephus_k6]

For the money now adays, ya may as well get yourself an external dvd rw and then it can be used on just about anything....


Brian

[ListerDiesel]

If there is a DVD drive available for your machine, either a read-only or a writeable drive, then the BIOS of the machine will recognise it, but you will still need software to enable it to burn CD's and DVD's.

DVD drives will read both CD and DVD discs, that is built into the computer BIOS, but to write to discs (burn) you will need something like Nero software, this is generally given free with new DVD drives these days but can also be purchased.

Peter

[Jerry B]

Can A Bigger Processor Go In My Computer,Jerry B powdergunman@yahoo.com

[MarylandSteam]

The short answer is no, the long answer is below...

If you are still running the orignal 128MB's of memory I recommend upgrading to the maximum possible 512MB's if you want a speed boost.

Long answer - According to this http://www.amazon.com/Compaq-Presari.../dp/B00006LHE5 your pc came with a 1.4ghz celeron, I double checked and according to this http://www.geek.com/procspec/intel/p...ualatincel.htm that is the highest they made... The only possible option is the pentium 3 with a tualatin core, they made it with 256KB and 512KB (server version) front side bus... your motherboard and memory would have to support the 133Mhz speed and if you choose the 512KB version you would have to verify that the bios is up to date and compatible, many home pc motherboards wouldn't run the server version.. further more the 512KB server version is also capable of support SMP or symetrical multi processing, basically you can put 2 of the cpu's in if your motherboard if supports it (which your doesn't)...

I have several of these chips ranging from the 1ghz to the 1.4Ghz and still run a 1.4 in one of my play servers, it's not that bad but due to the slow memory speed (compared to newer platforms) they can't keep up with newer cpu's even at the same Mhz... if it is only too slow when you open alot of programs and you still have the original 128MB's I recommend going with the 512MB upgrade but don't expect it to be like a new pc...

[MarylandSteam]

Yes, any standard size IDE dvdrw will fit and work, as mentioned in the other post most drives come with nero (look for the "Nero" sticker on the box) i recommend nero over the others. You will need to open your pc, find and remove the current drive, there are either 4 to 8 screws holding it in or there is some sort of rail with a clip you need to release and after unhooking the cables from the back (2 or 3 depending on whether there is an audio cable running to your sound card, but atleast 2 - power and data) it will slide out the front. You can then slide in the new one fasten the screws or use the drive rails from the old drive and connect the cables, usually the new drive will include a cable, throw away your old cable and use the new one, it could be bad and it may be an older 40 pin 40 conductor ribbon cable instead of the newer 40 pin 80 conductor that is required to support ata 66/100/133 (the 40 conductor will only support up to ata33 and the transfer of data will use the cpu more)

Once everything is buttoned back up turn on the computer and it should boot up and when you go into my computer it will be there...

and assuming you have updated your windows xp to service pack 2 then dma will already be enabled which will allow it to operate using less of the cpu resources...

from here you will need to refer to the nero help for instructions on creating the type of disc you want.

-Matt

[MarylandSteam]

Also the post above mentions using an external drive, if you decide to do this (you may have already) you will need get a USB 2.0 add in pci card, install that and hook the external drive to that, otherwise you will be limited to the much much slower usb 1.1 transfer rate of the built in ports on your pc and at best it will take a long time to create a cd and at worst you won't be able to create one without errors...