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Answer» Ok, I have 2 emachine computers that run on Windows XP. The model numbers are: W3080 and W3400. The differences between the TWO are: W3080 has a floppy drive, a DVD drive (player not burner) and a CD-RW burner, one hard drive (C) 2.5GB total DDR memory (upgraded) HD: Unknown W3400 has no floppy but the memory card read, expandable memory drive on the front, dual layer DVD-R/CD-R combo drive, 2 hard drives (C and D). total of 3.0GB ddr memory. (upgraded) HD 80GB What I wanted to know if the parts from both computers are interchangeable. The 3080 pc the power button is broke, the cd-rw drive gears are broke and it won't open. The 3400, just the hard drive space is filled up, and I don't want to go spend $100 on an external hard drive if the parts are interchangeable. I was going to use the 3400 as a base and build off of that. I was going to place the floppy drive in, and take the hard drive from the 3080 and put it in the 3400 so I have a third hard drive, but the second (D) I don't have access to, just for back up files. i was also thinking taking the NIC from the 3080 and place it in the 3400 to use that as a network server as we have 3 laptops and we can store our files on that to save space, and for back-up, and install the printer(s) for printer sharing. Can anyone help me out here? I've looked all over the internet and can't find anything. I also have a windows vista install disk for my laptop, so I was thinking about upgrading it to Vista if all possible, but I'm ok with XP. Thank you.All of what you are thinking about doing will work... A few suggestions though : DLoad the appropiate drivers for any components you intend to swap ahead of time... Pitch that optical drive in the garbage and don't look back... Wipe the 3rd HDD after backing up your data from it so it no longer has an OS on it as theis can confuse the heck out of a PC...especially an eMachine...when you say dload, you mean erase the drivers? Like uninstall them or what? Also what optical drive are you talking about and how would I wipe out the 3rd HD? and when I place it in with the other, how would I install the new OS on it? I don't have a disk for XP, just vista but before I install vista, I want to make sure everything works ahead of time. I'm completely new at this, such as interchanging parts, I can install programs that's about it lol. QUOTE from: pensfan29 on July 20, 2010, 09:11:45 PM when you say dload, you mean erase the drivers? Like uninstall them or what? Also what optical drive are you talking about and how would I wipe out the 3rd HD? and when I place it in with the other, how would I install the new OS on it? I don't have a disk for XP, just vista but before I install vista, I want to make sure everything works ahead of time. I'm completely new at this, such as interchanging parts, I can install programs that's about it lol. dload is a short term for download, patio is talking about the broken disk drive. when you put in the operating system disk you and format the 3rdh hard drive from there, but make sure you have backed up the data. it is really easy to install a new OS (opperating system) you just follow the on screen instructions i hope this has helped Ok, so I got the hard drive in and I gotta say it runs a lot faster. Plus I took a vaccumm out and vaccummed out the dust, dog hair, and dirt that was insides on top the fans, the CARDS, and the power supply. I was not able to put the floppy drive in because the front casing has no way of popping out, and the NIC is attachted to the motherboard so just the hard drive. My RAM slots were filled already so I couldn't add on, as I only have 2 slots for my memory, factory and one add on which I already did. The new hard drive CAME up has drive F and I took off what I needed and placed it on a SD card for backup, then formatted it so it's was completely erased, now I used it to store my backups. Would I be able to run vista just fine or not? I don't want to upgrade it to vista then have to downgrade when I don't have the XP disk.how much ram is in the pc now ?1.37GB It had 512MB when I bought it then later I had bought a 1GB stick and placed in it. Quote from: pensfan29 on July 22, 2010, 12:39:57 PM 1.37GB It had 512MB when I bought it then later I had bought a 1GB stick and placed in it. Doesn't 1 GB added to 512 MB make 1.5 GB? I went and right clicked on my computer and looked under properties. It showed: RAM 1.37GB Quote from: pensfan29 on July 22, 2010, 12:51:53 PM I went and right clicked on my computer and looked under properties. It showed: RAM 1.37GB Possibly you have onboard video chipset that is using the MISSING 128 MB. Not sure but I'm happy it's working out for me, now to fix my laptop lol.

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Ok, I have 2 emachine computers that run on Windows XP. The model numbers are: W3080 and W3400.
The differences between the TWO are:
W3080 has a floppy drive, a DVD drive (player not burner) and a CD-RW burner, one hard drive (C) 2.5GB total DDR memory (upgraded) HD: Unknown
W3400 has no floppy but the memory card read, expandable memory drive on the front, dual layer DVD-R/CD-R combo drive, 2 hard drives (C and D). total of 3.0GB ddr memory. (upgraded) HD 80GB

What I wanted to know if the parts from both computers are interchangeable. The 3080 pc the power button is broke, the cd-rw drive gears are broke and it won't open. The 3400, just the hard drive space is filled up, and I don't want to go spend $100 on an external hard drive if the parts are interchangeable. I was going to use the 3400 as a base and build off of that. I was going to place the floppy drive in, and take the hard drive from the 3080 and put it in the 3400 so I have a third hard drive, but the second (D) I don't have access to, just for back up files. i was also thinking taking the NIC from the 3080 and place it in the 3400 to use that as a network server as we have 3 laptops and we can store our files on that to save space, and for back-up, and install the printer(s) for printer sharing. Can anyone help me out here? I've looked all over the internet and can't find anything. I also have a windows vista install disk for my laptop, so I was thinking about upgrading it to Vista if all possible, but I'm ok with XP. Thank you.All of what you are thinking about doing will work...
A few suggestions though :

DLoad the appropiate drivers for any components you intend to swap ahead of time...
Pitch that optical drive in the garbage and don't look back...
Wipe the 3rd HDD after backing up your data from it so it no longer has an OS on it as theis can confuse the heck out of a PC...especially an eMachine...when you say dload, you mean erase the drivers? Like uninstall them or what? Also what optical drive are you talking about and how would I wipe out the 3rd HD? and when I place it in with the other, how would I install the new OS on it? I don't have a disk for XP, just vista but before I install vista, I want to make sure everything works ahead of time. I'm completely new at this, such as interchanging parts, I can install programs that's about it lol. QUOTE from: pensfan29 on July 20, 2010, 09:11:45 PM

when you say dload, you mean erase the drivers? Like uninstall them or what? Also what optical drive are you talking about and how would I wipe out the 3rd HD? and when I place it in with the other, how would I install the new OS on it? I don't have a disk for XP, just vista but before I install vista, I want to make sure everything works ahead of time. I'm completely new at this, such as interchanging parts, I can install programs that's about it lol.

dload is a short term for download, patio is talking about the broken disk drive. when you put in the operating system disk you and format the 3rdh hard drive from there, but make sure you have backed up the data. it is really easy to install a new OS (opperating system) you just follow the on screen instructions i hope this has helped Ok, so I got the hard drive in and I gotta say it runs a lot faster. Plus I took a vaccumm out and vaccummed out the dust, dog hair, and dirt that was insides on top the fans, the CARDS, and the power supply. I was not able to put the floppy drive in because the front casing has no way of popping out, and the NIC is attachted to the motherboard so just the hard drive. My RAM slots were filled already so I couldn't add on, as I only have 2 slots for my memory, factory and one add on which I already did. The new hard drive CAME up has drive F and I took off what I needed and placed it on a SD card for backup, then formatted it so it's was completely erased, now I used it to store my backups. Would I be able to run vista just fine or not? I don't want to upgrade it to vista then have to downgrade when I don't have the XP disk.how much ram is in the pc now ?1.37GB

It had 512MB when I bought it then later I had bought a 1GB stick and placed in it. Quote from: pensfan29 on July 22, 2010, 12:39:57 PM

1.37GB

It had 512MB when I bought it then later I had bought a 1GB stick and placed in it.

Doesn't 1 GB added to 512 MB make 1.5 GB?

I went and right clicked on my computer and looked under properties. It showed: RAM 1.37GB Quote from: pensfan29 on July 22, 2010, 12:51:53 PM

I went and right clicked on my computer and looked under properties. It showed: RAM 1.37GB

Possibly you have onboard video chipset that is using the MISSING 128 MB.
Not sure but I'm happy it's working out for me, now to fix my laptop lol.

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