Dimension 4600 Tower replacement - suggestions welcomed.

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• Replacement of a card mother Dell Dimension 3000 with a Dimension 4600 motherboard

  Recently I replaced my processor in my Dell Dimension 3000, however, at the start he always tells me that the processer is not supported by the Bios, so I still have to press F1 to start upward. I heard you can counter this is replacing the Board with a Board of a Dimension 4600 however, I know not what condition the Board of Directors must be in. Can I replace it with a Board of direct administration of a Dimension 4600 or what I need to get a referbished or the new Board of Directors?

  scprokop

  A work of a Dimension 4600 motherboard can be used, provided it is in a usable state.

  As the Dimension 4600 is obsolete for many years, I doubt there is very no new motherboards available, only the so-called "renovated" boards, which are 'pull system '.

  Bev.

• Replacement of a Dimension 4600 graphics card

  Hi all, posted about this before. Modernised at the origin of a Geforce 5200 to a 7950GT AGP. It worked very well and perfectly played out 1080 p h.264 content. However, the fan had failed then it overheats very quickly and there not also support the acceleration hardware flash (didn't know at the time) so Youtube still stuttered HD videos.

  I'm back card seller on Ebay for a refund. I have my eye on a Radeon HD 4670 ATM that supports hardware acceleration of flash. Still looking around for other 4600 users who have this card and find this slightly disturbing thread where his PC had no display and the 'expert' responded saying: DDR3 memory cards are not supported. This does not seem right for me as a card VRAM has nothing to do with the RAM System.

  I wanted to just make sure I'm not about to buy something that does not work in my system.

  Thank you

  Andrew

  this makes reference to a review on newegg for Sapphire HD 3850 and Dimension 4600.  Review can be pulled up from newegg in looking for Sapphire HD 3850 comments "EarthWatts '.

  Guests looking for the HIS HD 4670 on newegg for "4600" concludes several users of the map with the Dimension 4600.  Ditto for Sapphire HD 3850 - search returns a lot of comments using a Dimension 4600.

• Dell Dimension 4600 update

  I have a Dell Dimension 4600 with Windows XP Home Edition 2002 SP2. The vehicle currently has a Pentium 4 2.8 GHz processor and 256 MB of RAM. I'm looking for upgrade to but don't know where to start. I think to invest in the modernization of the RAM, but don't know what's going XP SP2 recognize maximum or even if this is where I should start getting the biggest gain of performance for my money. Any suggestions? And Yes, I know this is probably not the most cost-effective method to get a more powerful computer, but this is my best option.

  OPowell16

  I have a Dell Dimension 4600 with Windows XP Home Edition 2002 SP2. The vehicle currently has a Pentium 4 2.8 GHz processor and 256 MB of RAM. I'm looking for upgrade to but don't know where to start. I think to invest in the modernization of the RAM, but don't know what's going XP SP2 recognize maximum or even if this is where I should start getting the biggest gain of performance for my money. Any suggestions? And Yes, I know this is probably not the most cost-effective method to get a more powerful computer, but this is my best option.

  OPowell16

  The Dimension 4600 supports up to 4 GB (4 x 1 GB modules) RAM DDR, but can only send 3 gb - + of it due to the 32-bit operating system:

  http://www.crucial.com/USA/en/compatible-upgrade-for/Dell/dimension-4600

  Also, if you use the 4600 for browsing the internet, the better to replace XP with a system of operating most recent such Win 7.

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/Windows_7-windows_install/can-i-put-Windows-7-on-a-Dell-dimension-4600/ba4efe5f-D990-49b4-bff7-e43b6b133007?auth=1

  You are no longer able to update Windows XP, more information on this subject, can be found here:

  https://www.theguardian.com/technology/askjack/2014/Apr/11/How-can-i-use-Windows-XP-safely-now-its-no-longer-supported

  Bev.

• Dimension 4600 (AGP) upgrade

  I need advice on good climbs. I intend to get a new video card and I'm having a hard time to choose one that fits. I currently have a 64 mb Gainward (agp). I want to ba able to play online games and the card of 64 MB disobeys right. I would also add more RAM is their a limit to how much ram my computer can handle? If you have any other suggestions to upgrade please let me know: D thanks.

  DIMENSION 4600 (WINDOWS 7)

  PROCESSOR: INTEL (R) PENTIUM (R) 4 CPU 2 .66GHZ

  RAM: 1.00 GB (256 X 4)

  SYSTEM TYPE: 32-BIT OPERATING SYSTEM

  HARD DRIVE: 75 GB

  GRAPHICS CARD: TI200 64 MB GAINWARD

  X 1 CONNECTOR AGP / PCI SLOT X 3

  DELL-Priyanka_S none of the cards that you posted Windows 7 support.

  The Radeon 9700 supports Vista but ATI has abandoned this series Catalyst 10.1 max. With a (Legacy driver)

  The 6200 win7 supports with

  Driver GeForce R295
  Version: 296.10 WHQL
  Release date: 2012.03.13
  Operating system: Windows Vista 64-bit, Windows 7 64 bit
  Language: English (United States)
  File size: 158 MB

  512-A8-N403-LR of EVGA e-GeForce 6200 512 MB DDR2 AGP video card works with the power of 250W stock.

  http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...uct_id=305902

  HIS H465F1GHA Radeon HD 4650 1024 MB DDR3 AGP video card

  http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...uct_id=326494

  Needs power 400 Watt power

  Best Buy

  Jaton Corp - GeForce 6200 - 512 MB GDDR2 SDRAM - AGP 8 x graphics card

  Model: 3DFORCE6200XE

  SKU: 4081653

  nVIDIA GeForce 6200 - 512 MB GDDR2 SDRAM 64-bit - AGP 8 x - HD - 15, DVI - I
  Personally I would not recommend to card AGP EVERYTHING because of the AGP is SOOO OLD.

  This isn't a screamer by any stretch of the imagination.  For games, I would recommend the Radeon 4650 but that requires an upgrade of the power supply.

  HOWEVER AGP cards are VERY VERY OLD.  You would be better off investing in a $620 99 Optiplex Tower and get a single slot PCI-E Radeon 6670 Videcard.

  
  

• Dimension 4600 'Process1_initialization_failed"" STOP: 0x0000006b ".

  Hi, this is my first time using a forum to ask for help, please bare with me if I get anything wrong or are a little slow on things :).

  My computer acted kinda weird lately--knows a mistake after another.

  Here's the history:

  Im a Dell Dimension 4600 that I bought around about 3-4 years running. I usually don't have many mistakes - even if I do, I managed to fix it somehow. Lately, my computer began to spoil a little as it showed a blue screen error - "STOP: c0000221 {bad image checksum}" whenever I rebooted, that little much just locked me to my account. Somehow, I managed to fix it with the "Recovery Console" - well, I thought that I did, as he then started showing a "lsass.exe - system error" immediately after (yes even at startup)... After a few hours of searching in Google, I have been advised by others to repair the installation.

  Well, things went very well at the moment, but suddenly, the repair facility closed and restarted the computer - now leaving me with a «Process1_initialization_failed...» "STOP: 0X0000006B (0X00000008, 0XC000007A, 0X00000000, 0X00000000).

  Notes:

  • Current running Windows XP Home Edition SP2, 1 GB RAM, 1 x 120 GB HD.
  • Cannot use floppy drive as I don't have your disks.
  • CD player is a little faulty, as I believe, so that it can not read some CD Roms.
  • I still have the installation CD of Windows that came with the computer, but since it was there before, it's just a Windows XP Home Edition SP 1.
  • Without my computer doesn't have Norton Antivirus or installed Roxio.
  • The computer never updated before this happened.
  • To save disk space I needed desperately, I don't think that the system restore would have a backup.
  • The computer just froze a few times - no reply at all and then rebooted - and then it all happened.

  Someone at - he never corrected this before or know how?

  I really need to access my account - I have a lot of important documents and photo albums I need as soon as possible.

  Do not hesitate to ask for more information and suggestions welcome.

  Sorry if I do not understand what you say (Please reduce some abbriviations?) - I rarely use Windows to advanced stuff.

  Thanks for reading!

  Message edited by Flashshark on 05/29/2008 19:32
  Message edited by Flashshark on 05/29/2008 19:35
  
  

• Dell Dimension 4600 with pack 1 XP does not connect to the cable modem

  Hello, I have a Dell Dimension 4600 older XP. The hard drive is dead and I replaced and then reloaded pack 1 with the intention of making all the revisions on the internet. The problem is that I cannot now connect to the internet via my broadband router directly connected to the computer. It seems that the wizard to connect only wants to use the dial upward and does not connect to the router. Just recompose. It seems to ignore the connection from the router to broadband and wants to use the dial upward only.

  Go to control panel of control/Internet options/connections, then set it - never establish a connection - then click on apply.

• Can I put Windows 7 on a Dell Dimension 4600?

  Hello

  I have a 6 years old Dell Dimension 4600 PC with the following specifications:

  • Processor Pentium 4 3.0Ghz
  • 1 GB OF RAM
  • nVidia Geforce FX5200 128 MB graphics card
  • Windows XP Home Edition
  I expect to make a custom on this old PC Setup, but my problems are with the drivers.
  I recently used the special Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor, which tells me that I meet all of the minimum requirements, and of course programs such as Outlook Express will not available on Windows 7.
  In the middle of this report is a link to the Dell (Windows 7 section) website where they tell me to go learn more about compatibility. When I do click on this site and then click on hardware compatibility, it brings me to the next page: http://support.euro.dell.com/support/topics/topic.aspx/emea/shared/support/dsn/en/document?c=uk&docid=360683&l=en&s=gen
  The page says there is apparently only ONE socket support Dell Dimension model which can be improved on the range Dimension, covering a good 30-50 models. I'm sure that this is due to support driver from Dell, which is absolutely horrendous. The drivers on the site range Dell Web from 2004 to 2007 (for the only critical updates), for my model. The only OS supported on the site it is XP. Research on the Web sites of manufacturers of drivers, I find that the newer drivers are available for my hardware, more compatible with Vista. Do I have the old OEM from Dell specific drivers or the drivers provided by manufacturers! Can I REALLY move to Windows 7! Dell said it is not supported (and is fast enough to give me a link telling me to buy a new PC), but I have friends who have installed on other Dimensions of Dell old where it worked a treat. I don't want to lose £70 on a BONE that may not work and may leave me without a usable PC!
  What should I do!

  Hi Fred

  Not taken in charge and is not possible are 2 different things.

  How you proceed depends on how comfortable you are troubleshooting. It is very likely that you will end up you are looking for a few drivers for hardware on the sites of manufacturers or possibly replace certain hardware devices that are simply too old to work.

  Windows 7 includes many of the compatibility of the tools that can help when you use the devices more old drivers/hardware and software troubleshooting.

  If the Upgrade Advisor did not identify hard incompatible devices, I would say you should go try before the upgrade. Make sure you have all the latest drivers for the hardware installed and available on external media.

  If you have any problems, come back here and start the new thread, we are here to help.

  Kind regards

  Thank you for using Windows 7 Ronnie Vernon MVP

• For Dimension 4600 AGP graphics card

  Hi all

  I recently acquired an old Dimension 4600. I'll use it on the side for general use for example browsing the internet, email, etc. Nothing heavy. Its current specifications are;

  Intel Pentium 4 Northwood 2.8GHz 512 Kb 533FSB

  4 GB RAM PC3200

  NVIDIA Geforce 5200 128 MB AGP

  Windows XP Professional 32-bit (can install Win 7)

  I would go on a little adventure upgrade that I find it rewarding and it gives me experience in hardware components.

  For now, I can't play videos from YouTube above 480 p as a bottleneck by the graphics card. I think I can get my hands on a Nvidia Geforce 7950GT 512 MB AGP for about £20. This is the fastest Nvidia card for the AGP slot.

  Is - this work on a 4600 and allow the best YouTube video playback? The P4 would then become the bottleneck? I think I will also replace the power supply. A model of 400w would suffice?

  In addition, an SSD on the old interface SATA 1.5 would be an improvement on the current IDE HDD? Of course, I won't sink money in old material but a SSD can be put in any latest system.

  Sorry for all the questions!

  Andrew

  Do not forget that at the end of the era of the AGP, ATI made the fastest AGP cards.  I have a Dimension 4550 discount.  I made a point to get the fastest AGP card ever made for her - an ATI Radeon HD 3850 512 MB AGP.  It is a huge map, IIRC and barely enter the 4550.  Unfortunately, I don't remember how various time graphics cards would process the video.  But the 3850 AGP was the best, there wasn't, at least for the games.  IIRC, same card ATI X 1950 Pro and X 1650 Pro were faster than the fastest Nvidia cards.  (I'm not a fan dedicated ATI or Nvidia - all my current cards are Nvidia, because right now they are the best).

  Hope this works, an SSD would you give an improvement in the overall responsiveness, due to its fast seek times, which is especially important for smaller files.  Not sure how much improvement, though.  Good point, it's that an SSD can be used in the most recent machines as well.

• Dell Dimension 4600 hard drive or what to get

  Hello

  My old hard drive on my Dell Dimension 4600 (2004 512 MB 400 mhz Pentium 4 2.8 GHz processor) is about to die and I would replace it with a 250 gb, the old man is a 80 GB... I use a box of HDD to move/save files.   You want to spend less than $100.

  Would like to know what you guys recommend that on what to get (data sheet), any help info would be greatly appreciated

  Thank you

  Bil

  Haha, yes man, I learn, I thank very you much!  No further questions, lol

  Thanks again

• Update on power supply for Dell Dimension 4600

  I searched in the nets, but was not able to find an answer, so I hope someone can help.

  I received recently a 4600 as a hand.  I decided to set up as a game machine.  I know it's an old PC, but I do not anticipate play something newer than Battlefield 2142 (I use my Xbox 360 to play newer games).

  In any case, I was able to get a new Radeon X 1950 PRO on eBay for $35 shipped to replace a 6600GTOC whose fan has stopped working.  I thought that since I was the video card for a good price, upgrading the PSU still would be worth during the upgrade of the motherboard or get a new PC.

  I started to look at the power supplies and noticed that some of them have their own power switch.  This means that the power button on the front of the 4600 no longer works?  I would go with a power supply where can I still use the power button and should not spread in the back to turn on the PC.

  BTW, here's the rest of the features of the 4600:

  CPU: Pentium 4 HT 3.06 GHz (Northwood) - HT disabled

  RAM: 3 GB PC3200

  Readers: A WD 320 IDE, a DVD-ROM and floppy 3.5 "drive

  No other expansion boards outside the video card will be installed.

  Thanks in advance for any help.

  slee1972

  When the power supply the on/off switch, you leave in the position 'On' and use the power button on the front of the computer.

  The Dimension 4600 has an open back panel, you can use most of the generic ATX PSU, with or without the market/on-off switch and with either a 20-PIN or 20 + connector 4-pin main motherboard.

  You should be able to buy food from the local computer stores.

  How to replace the power supply in a D-4600.

  NOTE from the ADMIN: Broken link has been removed / replaced this post by Dell >

  Bev.

• I can add memory to a Dimension 4600 series computer and how would I do?

  I would like to upgrade to Windows 7 XP.  Have 512 MB of memory with 2.8 GHz processor.

  What would be the cost?

  Although Microsoft recommends 1 gigabyte (GB) of RAM (32-bit Windows 7) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit Windows 7), this is not the only requirement.

  Before go you too far, download and run the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor to determine if the rest of the material is sufficient.

  Regarding the RAM, your Dell Dimension 4600 can support up to 4 GB of RAM.  It has 4 slots, so until you know how much RAM to buy, you need to know more in detail what you have.

  For example, if your current 512 MB is only one 512 MB module in a slot, you could buy a second module of 512 MB, for a total of 1 GB or 3 512 MB modules for a total of 4 GB.

  More likely, however, is that your current 512 MB includes 2 modules of 256 MB (or even 4 modules of 128 MB).

  The best place to start is here--> http://www.crucial.com/store/listparts.aspx?model=Dimension%204600&Cat=SSD

  If instead, you download and run the Crucial scanner tool, you will get to a page, similar to above but who also shows what you have and then customizes offers accordingly.

• Problem activating Windows XP Pro on a Dell Dimension 4600, which originally had XP Home

  I have some difficulty to activate MY PERSONALLY PURCHASED VERSION of Windows XP Pro on a Dell Dimension 4600 workstation that initially provided with XP Home.  I have TWO Codes of 25 character key true = 1 The printed on the sticker on the computer AND the one supplied with the disk I bought for my laptop that was stolen last week.  I entered two key during the windows process codes activate and they the system tells me invalid or incorrect product key code.  I WAS talking with a Microsoft Tech Rep on the phone trying to solve this problem and has been disconnected when put on "Hold" and now cannot get through to a real person again.  CAN SOMEONE ' ONE/SOMEONE' HELP ME PLEASE?

  Hello

  Both your XP, the laptop and the Dell operating systems will have been oem licenses. OEM licenses are tied to the computer that they were originally installed on. In regards to the Pro license you can see in your report where is says Windows license Type: OEM System Builder.

  The only XP version that can be legally charged to your Dimension is one that has been provided with it by Dell, i.e. the XP Home license.

  activation of character for home 25 codes do not work with the Pro, the reverse is also true.

  Tricky

• Upgrading RAM on Dell Dimension 4600

  I just installed two 512 GB for my Dell Dimension 4600 CPU memory cards.  The computer came with two, 256 GB cards, but he had got terribly slow.  Dell said that no matter if the size of the maps varies.  However, my system does not reflect the installation of additional memory.  It is preferable or essential only for install memory cards additional of the same size as the existing cards?

  Tuesday, November 16, 2010, 05:08:08 + 0000, franklinpcat wrote:

  I just installed two 512 GB for my Dell Dimension 4600 CPU memory cards.  The computer came with two cards 256Go,

  You mean 512 MB and 256 MB (not GB) I guess.

  but he had got terribly slow.  Dell said that no matter if the size of the maps varies.  However, my system does not reflect the installation of additional memory.  It is preferable or essential only for install memory cards additional of the same size as the existing cards?

  See the response of Daave, but also to note the following two points:

  1. you started with 512 MB. The amount of RAM you need for good
  performance is not a unique situation for all. You get the right
  performance, if the amount of RAM you have prevents you from using the
  page file significantly, and this depends on what applications you are running. Most
  are people who run a typical range of business under XP applications
  somewhere around 512 MB work well, others need more. Almost
  everyone will see poor performance with less than 256 MB. Some people,
  especially those making things like the large photographic edition
  images, can see a performance gain by adding even more of
  512MB - sometimes much more.

  Unless you have special needs, so it is likely that the 512 MB you
  started with was enough for you.

  2. you say "he had got painfully slow." This implies that the
  performance was OK, but it had worsened. This reinforces that
  I said in point 1 above. You don't need more memory simply because that
  time has elapsed.

  There are several possibilities for why he had obtained more slow, but the
  more likely is that you have been infected by malicious software. What
  anti-virus and anti-spyware programs that you are running? They remain until
  Date?

  Ken Blake (MS-MVP)

• Dell Dimension 4600 Multi Media controller driver for windows 7

  Anyone know where I can get the driver windows 7 for the multimedia audio controller in a Dell dimension 4600 or at least tell me what I could find because it seems that the sound card is working but there is no driver for the multimedia audio controller so I have no sound, I asked dell and they couldn't help me.  I'd appreciate any help I can get.

  Here are the drivers for Windows 7 (x 32) for his Creative Labs SB0200 card.

  docs.google.com/.../Edit

  (1) extract the files from the link above

  (2) go to the Device Manager

  (3) right click on the sound card with drivers and select update drivers missing

  (4) find the drivers in the folder named "Creative SB Live! Series (WDM).

  (5) given that these were built for XP or 2000, you must ignore the warning messages.

  (6) TADAA!

  One problem is that I can't find the driver for the MIDI port or whatever.

  Not a problem because I don't need it and no other bad noticeable.

  Private message me if you need help.

  Tags: Dell Dimension 4600, Windows XP, Windows 7