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I wouldn't count on the case to comply with either the micro-ATX or ATX standards. We had a number of Compaq machines at work. They had a really goofy setup with riser boards and special RAM (i.e. same performance, different shape, more expensive). Heck, I wouldn't be surprised if they used a different power supply connector.
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A few years back we had similar issues with some Compaqs my boss got on the cheap. (He didn't listen to me)
Some of the third party MBs you'll get come with a backplate for your case which is handy if, say, it's got 4 USB ports or something. I've been having a lot of luck getting really inexpensive (~US$100) bundles with ECS K7APro MBs with 2GHz+ Athlon XPs out here. They'd let you use your old DIMMs before you were able to score some DDR (no mixing, alas). You'd still need a graphics card, of course. But yeah, Compaq makes any MB upgrade iffy at best. Hrmmmph. On the plus side, you'd be able to salvage your drives and then you could rice out your machine to the M4xXor!$!! Or not.
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Maplin's over here do a similar bundle. A MB that has both two old-style DIMM slots and two new DDR slots, combined with a (I think) 2200+ Athalon for �120. I might get it, when I get some money together.
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