Looking for computer to flash with

[sccrbrandon4788]

What do you think the minimum requirements are? I just want something to flash xbox's with so I can make some money to finish my main computer. eBay has quite a few Pentium 3 computers but I'm afraid that they will run so slow that I'll end up pulling my hair out.

EDIT: Do you think Linux will work?

[lilrevuk]

I use an old POS (not sure of exact specs), it works just cause it has a VIA motherboard...

[CoFree]

i would get a pen4 at least.
there are some old dells on ebay that should not be bad.

[sccrbrandon4788]

yeah i've got my eye on an HP but its AMD 2800+, which it says 2ghz... 512mb memory, XP on a 40GB hdd.

[sccrbrandon4788]

think this should be sufficient?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... :IT&ih=013

[CoFree]

it looks fine

there is one thing
the first flash i tryed was on a HP and after days of banging my head i found out the the HP computer was the problem
if you can pick it up super cheap i would give it a try.
I would hope it can boot from a usb flash

[sccrbrandon4788]

i didnt win it im trying to get away cheap so i dont spend too much money on this instead of my build. i might check at my parents house and see if they have an old one.

[sccrbrandon4788]

well i grabbed my girlfriend's old computer and its a Compaq Presario 5000, has windows 98 on it and 64mb of memory and a huge 15GB hdd... HAHA. im going to try and see what speed the memory is and see how cheap i can get it at work. probably just 512mb.. btw there are only 2 slots for memory. i'll take some pics later tonight, i have to work in an hour and have to leave in 30 min.

[sccrbrandon4788]

so this compaq is too old i think... cant figure out how to boot from usb... booooooo!!! i wish i had a floppy disk because it has a drive.

[CoFree]

in one of my old dells
i had to update the bios (not bad) then it would boot from the usb flash
you may want to look into that

[sccrbrandon4788]

i thought about that... i'll look into it but i think it'll be a pain to find

[sccrbrandon4788]

yeah i think it was a waste of time... i found 2 different bios updates and neither will work. i think its because it had 98 on it and i put XP and the bios wont work with it, even though it says it will.... i've got another couple computers to look at but if cofree or sadalius knows what i can do with it.

it took forever formatting and installing xp, getting all the programs on(iprep, xbins, via) and it doesnt work.

hopefully we can find something out.

[Jman 31]

See if you can find a floppy and do it that way. I know everyone says its less reliable, but we've done it that way and it works fine. Just make sure you buy decent media just like anything else.

[sccrbrandon4788]

man if i had a diskette i would try it. i can get 10 for $1.73 at work but i like that the usb drives are faster. last option will be buying the diskettes.

[CoFree]

as it should be
but it does work