I have looked into upgrading a Dell also and found that many of the
components could be reused (modem, video card, hdd, etc) however the
motherboard and cpu combination was maxed out [ie the motherboard would not
support a faster cpu] and the motherboard and case were designed to be used
together with custom built features just for that motherboard.

In a case such as this, you are looking at replacing the case, motherboard
and cpu but are free to purchase these components such that anything that is
usable [memory for instance] can be incorporated into the new machine.

Mike Buraczewski
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-----Original Message-----
From: Mary Elise Zimlich <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Saturday, January 09, 1999 3:35 PM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Build-your-own versa brand name


>I have a Dell Dimension XPSP166s with 64megs of SDRAM. I understand from
>Dell that this system (CPU)  cannot be upgraded. What I want to know is-
>can it be upgraded by installing a newer motherboard and CPU?

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