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    From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to Maurice Kinal on Thu Dec 11 20:27:00 2025
    Hello Maurice!

    the ram would be limited to just 4GB.

    That seems odd to me given what little I know about that particular machine. Is this a hardware limitation or did that machine only come
    with 4G or is it soldered onto the board? If it is possible to bump it
    up to 8G that would definetly make it more attractive. As is, it sounds more like a "because I can" project rather than a "something useful" project.

    I'll try to remember to look up the emachines model number.

    The pc has either only 2 or 4 slots, for a max 4GB on the mobo.


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  • From August Abolins@1:153/757.22 to Maurice Kinal on Fri Dec 12 15:35:12 2025

    Hello Maurice!

    the ram would be limited to just 4GB.

    That seems odd to me given what little I know about that particular
    machine. Is this a hardware limitation or did that machine only come
    with 4G or is it soldered onto the board? If it is possible to bump it
    up to 8G that would definetly make it more attractive. As is, it sounds
    more like a "because I can" project rather than a "something useful"
    project.

    I'll try to remember to look up the emachines model number.

    The pc has either only 2 or 4 slots, for a max 4GB on the mobo.

    It's the T6528 model.


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  • From Maurice Kinal@1:153/7001 to August Abolins on Fri Dec 12 20:57:30 2025
    Hey August!

    It's the T6528 model.

    It seems that 4G is the maximum for that motherboard which, given the supplied AMD Athlon 64 3500+ cpu, is more than fine (ie 4G per penguin). Offhand it looks like an up-to-date linux ought to live fine on there, alsough I wouldn't expect it to be a good gaming or 4k streaming video or anything along that nature. A new Firefox might (probably) be an issue. Other than that it should be doable.

    My biggest concern with these sorts of builds is power consumption. Given the limitations it is a real pig.

    Дуже груви,
    Maurice

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