It'll all be well and good if any Pentium over Pentium 500 runs faster than the previous. If Intel does stupid things like come out with a Pentium 510a that is actually slower than the 500, it'll...

As well as being a darned sight cheaper, which is another plus for the AMD.

(Truth be told, I'm actually an Intel man, can you not tell?). :D

You mean an Emachines Emonster 500a? There are two ports, one on the front of the machine, one in the back. Emachine's isn't kind enough to put the system manual up on their website, so I doubt I can...

You can disable onboard sound and video on most motherboards that have either, and then put in add-on video and sound cards.

The motherboard you've listed is a decent board, (though it has onboard...

I just grabbed your manual online from Dell, and it doesn't say, wish I could give you an answer, but you'll be best off if you call Dell and ask them. Sorry the manual didn't say anymore than how to...

That depends on the hardware. Some machines required matched pairs of ram, others don't. If it's that same machine we were discussing, you should ask Dell, as they'd be able to tell you.

Wonderful, have fun! :)

I'd hazard a guess from the CPU speed that your machine uses SDRAM, either PC-100, or PC133, but that's not an authoritative guess, as I have no real clue to go on other than CPU speed.

It has no...

The people who built it could easily tell you that without more info.

No one here can with the info you've provided, (which is none hahaha!), you'd have to tell us at least something about your...

I'd do one more test before going that far... See if you can boot the machine with only one memory module in slot A. If it'll boot, switch modules, so that you can test to be sure you don't have one...

Ahh, I see you got somewhere with the info I gave you? Good.

Try switching the two modules around. Sometimes a module will work in one slot, but not the other. Switching may also let you know if...

Further, adding to what's been said, some older systems, (in fact, even some modern systems), require memory to be 'paired up', meaning you cannot put in just one module, rather you need two, and...