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Do your own homework, kid! Learn to think and research and form ideas for yourself. It might actually end up coming in handy for you in life.

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Ah, okay thanks I will just leave the extra RAM out for now as I don't really need more than 8G for gaming and the basic internet usage I do. I just thought I'd add more in so it didn't go to waste when I ditched my old PC.

So basically, if I had a stick of fast new RAM and a stick of slower older RAM, that would cause my PC to really only use any of the RAM at the speed of the slower RAM? Like the saying goes about a chain being only as strong as its weakest link?

Hi all, I have a new PC with 8G RAM (2x4G) - Corsair Vengeance Blue http://products.ncix.com/detail/corsair-vengeance-blue-cmz8gx3m2x1600c8b-8gb-21-66910.htm I would like to add in another 8G of RAM that I salvaged from my previous PC which is 2x4G Kingston http://products.ncix.com/detail/kingston-kvr13n9s8k2-8-8gb-2x4gb-kits-4a-88587.htm Please note the Corsair RAM has slightly different specs [CL8-9-8-24] than it seems a lot of RAM has. Will that be an issue with compatibility? Also, will my older (somewhat "budget" RAM) have a negative impact on my new RAM in anyway by slowing it down or create any other issues? Thanks guys, I am learning so much in this forum!

Hi Trevor, It doesn't seem to make any noise at all when plugged in to the contraption I bought in order to try and trsnfer the data to my new PC. I feel like it maybe made a small "click" type sound the very first time I plugged it in and then nothing. I'm a noob - based on the photos I posted at the start of this thread, where would I do those things (the setting a jumper and the rotating)?

Yes, I plugged it in as far as it could go. I found it to be a really really tight fit, I had to push it very hard to get it in, but I think it was in all the way. I have a bad feeling the drive is probably dead, so I guess I will check into some recovery options and see if it is worth whatever they charge. Thanks a lot everyone for the information and advice

Sorry, I'm not meaning to ignore your suggestion. But to be honest, I am fairly clueless with computers so the thought of getting into the case and trying to use a cable that I don't even know if I have and plug it into whatever it needs to get plugged into freaks me out. It's not that I would find it a hassle so much as I literally have almost no idea what to do (and I just bought a brand new PC and am scared of screwing it up somehow). That's really why I tried the method I did - it seemed simple and impossible to foul up.

I bought one of those today and tried it. It didn't work. I dont think that the harddrive even started spinning, and my computer couldn't recogize it as a drive. I tried another one (a newer SATA drive) and it worked.

I did that. It didnt work.

Okay, thanks Target.

Hey guys, I bought this item today http://www.ncix.com/search/?q=36790-1253 I bought it and brought it home to try. The guy at the shop seemed to think it wouldnt work for my old IDE harddrive but I was determined to try anyway. I read reviews and people said it worked for their old drives of a similar age. Plus I can use it for other things in the future. I just gave it a try and it will read a 10 year old SATA drive, but nothing happens when I try it on my 1998 IDE drive. I dont even hear the drive spinning. Does this just mean the drive is toast and I am out of luck?

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I looked at the NCIX website, since the store is closeby and found this http://products.ncix.com/detail/vantec-2-5-3-5-5-25-sata-ide-6b-36790.htm Hopefully it will work. Thanks a lot, everyone who replied. It's great to have a place to get good/helpful feedback from people that are more knowleagable about these things than myself.

Great, thanks very much!

Current PC has an ASUS Z87 motherboard

Thanks a lot for the fast replies. I am a bit of a computer noob ( despite having owned them for quite a number of years haha) is that old hard drive I have the IDE type? If so, how do I tell that? The Vantec enclosure you mention, is that something I attach to my old hard drive and literally just plug it into a USB port of my new PC and then my PC will read the old hard drive just like it was a device attached to the PC, like a thumb drive etc.?

Hi guys, I have a hard drive (Just the hard drive itself, the PC has long since been discarded) that is from a computer I purchased in 1998 (yes, you read that right). I really need to get a few small files from this hard drive - a handful of photos with a lot of sentimental value to me. The trouble is that I am sure the technology and connections have changed multiple times in the past 15ish years and I don't know how, or even IF, I can somehow hook up this old harddrive to a current PC in order to transfer the files. I am really kicking myself for not doing this long ago and procrastinating on it. Can anyone offer some insight? Is it possible? Is there some way to hook it up externally so I don't have to start messing around inside my new PC (I am scared I will foul it up and ruin my brand new computer)? I took some photos of the hard drive if that helps anyone provide suggestions. Any help is greatly appreciated as I really want to get these old files back!

It does look like a nice one. I will suggest that to my sister and see what she thinks. Thanks again!

Thanks! I will check that link out.

Thanks for the link, I will take a look. 99% of the time it will likely sit at home I think.

It was, as far as I know, but at this point it is struggling to keep up with the times

This is what her old one was like from 2007 Dell Inspiron 1520 Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T5250 (2MB cache/1.5GHz/667Mhz FSB), Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium Edition Inspiron 1520 Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T5250 (2MB cache/1.5GHz/667Mhz FSB) System Color Midnight Blue Color with Microsatin Finish Memory 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz, 2 Dimm Monitor 15.4 inch Wide Screen XGA Display with TrueLife ™ Video Card IntelJ Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 Hard Drive 80G 5400RPM SATA HDD As long as it's an upgrade from this I think most anything would suit her. She literally does emails, her language program, and browses online for shoes etc. lol

I haven't tried it yet. I will have to soon as it will be coming on the PC I am getting this week. I hate change! First thing I am going to do and is try and turn it into Win 7 again.