Cholesky factorization is known to be inefficient to problems with dense column and network problems in interior point methods. We use the conjugate gradient method and preconditioners to improve the convergence rate of the conjugate gradient method. Several preconditioners were applied to LPABO 5.1 and the results were compared with those of CPLEX 3.0. The conjugate gradient method shows to be more efficient than Cholesky factorization to problems with dense columns and network problems. The incomplete Cholesky factorization preconditioner shows to be the most efficient among the preconditioners.