Possible more powerful processor in an old Dell Dimension 8300

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  I have model P100-324 with Core 2 Duo T7400 2, 16GHz and wonder what more powerful CPU, I can install in my notebook.

  T7400 uses bus 667 MHz. As says P945 datasheet, this chipset supports 800 and 1066 bus MHz as well. So in theory, we can install more powerful processors, of cource, no more than does not 35-40Watts TDP. But the BIOS of the P100 can become a bottleneck, not allowing to work with the series T7600, T7800 CPU t8xxx or.

  So, what more powerful processors are known to work with P100?

  Hey Buddy,

  Short and crisp: there is no support or sheets of more powerful processors because this isn t upgrade supported taken:
  [Is it possible to upgrade the CPU or GPU of a Toshiba laptop computer? | http://forums.computers.toshiba-europe.com/forums/ann.jspa?annID=13]

• New HP 2011 x 20 '' LED monitor for old Dell Dimension 2400. necessary graphics card?

  My in-laws have an old Dell Dimension 2400 and the monitor exploded. I bought a new HP 2011 x 20 '' LED monitor. My WIRE went to set up, and he tells her that a HMDI graphics card is required.

  This is a pretty old computer. I think he might have as... 512 MB of RAM. Is there an inexpensive graphics card that will meet their needs?

  And besides, when they buy the graphics card, are there all the cables that they must reach a new monitor to an old computer?

  Thank you very much!

  Nice description of Dell:
  Video connector to 15 holes :-)
  
  Seems to be a VGA connector.
  
  From the description of the monitor:
  http://support.HP.com/us-en/document/c02643130
  There is an also vga connector, so you will have no problem to connect the two.
  
  No additional card is necessary, no other cable - just use the old vga cable.
  
  Your only problem might be the resolution:
  resolution 1600 x 900 set at the factory for the monitor.
  
  I don't know if you can set the resolution to Dell, you should test.
  
  Otherwise a 4:3 normal/old monitor would be better than this 'big screen' new.
  
  HTH
  C.
  
  P.S. the Dell printer documentation:
  http://support.Dell.com/support/eDOCS/systems/dim2400/

• I just installed windows 7 on an old dell dimension 4500 s. The installation went well, but I have a problem with the resolution of the screen. The resolution is set to 640 x 480 and my monitor is much better than that.

  • Just installed Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade - 32-bit
  • Installed on the old Dell Dimension Dsktp 4500 s
  • Monitor is a Dell S199WFP Flat widescreen.
  • Everything seems fine, but the screen display resolution is messed up
  • Display resolution is set to 640 x 480, then it should be something like 1024 x 768
  • I can't change the resolution in the control panel
  • the screen is recognized as "Non - PnP Monitor on Standard VGA Graphics Adapter generic
  • It also seems that the driver is up-to-date

  What's wrong?!? Someone please help.

  Thank you!

  I remember that when I tried to install the driver, there's a message that says that it is said that it is not supported.  I don't know if I reinstalled the older operating system and then the new driver and vista or if there was a button to install the driver, even though it was not taken in charge.  Most likely, I installed the driver on the old XP operating system and then applied the upgrade to Vista. I always run a clean install to clean any spyware etc. The driver supports the X 9 live is what it takes. Use Vista driver is already installed.  I plan to upgrade to windows 7 in January and display the results.

• Can not get printer hp psc 750 to work with a new Dell dimension 8300

  Original title: the printer does not work

  I have a new Dell dimension 8300.  My printer is a former hp psc 750 printer scanner copier I can't print.  Can anyone help?

  Hello

  You should ask in the Forums of Windows answers corresponding to your version of Windows.

  Windows answers forums
  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows

  --------------------

  Check with HP Support, their drivers and documentation online and ask the HP
  forums for known problems.

  HP PSC 750 printer
  http://h10025.www1.HP.com/ewfrf/wc/product?cc=us&LC=en&DLC=en&product=57769

  Drivers HP PSC 750
  http://h10025.www1.HP.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?LC=en&DLC=en&cc=us&product=57769&

  Support HP & drivers
  http://welcome.HP.com/country/us/en/support.html

  Contact HP
  http://welcome.HP.com/country/us/en/contact_us.html

  HP forums
  http://h30434.www3.HP.com/PSG/

  ------------------------------

  It might be a problem with the computer as an OEM Dell provides support
  for Windows.

  Dell support
  http://support.Dell.com/

  Dell support drivers - product manual & warranty Info (left side) - and much more
  http://support.Dell.com/support/index.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=DHS

  Dell forums
  http://en.community.Dell.com/forums/
  I hope this helps.

• How can I change the cmos battery in my Dell Dimension 8300

  How can I change the cmos battery in my Dell Dimension 8300?

  Thank you

  Clark

  Easy!  As long as you have a few minutes and the right replacement battery ready to go.  Just follow these few simple steps.

  1. Unplug the power cord.
  2. Tour of Lapointe on the right side.
  3. Remove the left panel - probably remove the screws at the back.
  4. Identify the CMOS battery on the motherboard.
  5. Press the metal tab to release the battery.
  6. Check the model number on the battery, make sure you have the same replacement.
  7. Install the new battery, reinstall the side panel, standing Tower and plug the power supply cord.
  8. Start the system and immediately get into the BIOS (CMOS Setup) and correct the date/time and other parameters.
  Source: mickliq at Computing.net - http://www.computing.net/answers/hardware/how-do-i-replace-cmos-battery-in-dell-desktop/73611.html
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• How can I add an extra internal hard drive to my dell dimension 8300

  I installed an extra internal hard drive to my dell dimension 8300. He only appears in "Device Manager" and shows to work but he does not appear in 'my computer' and has not assigned a drive letter. It's a western digital 1200js-22mhbo. My drive root 'C' is also a wd1200jd from western digital. Can someone tell me what I do to get it to show up with a drive letter, and I have to format it? Also, there is a way to format so I can install programs on it as my "C" drive or I just will be only able to use it as extra storage? Thanks a lot for your help!

  Bobby

  Hello

  • Click Start
  • Click on run
  • Type diskmgmt.msc and press enter
  • You will be prompted to initialize your new drive, move (drag) the message on one side, so that you can see the disk management window in its entirety and make sure your new drive is the disk that should initialize
  • Click on the button next wizard
  • Make sure that your new hard drive is selected (boot disks), and then click the next button
  • Make sure that your new hard drive is not selected (the disks to be converted), and then click the next button
  • Click on the Finish button
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  • Make sure that the primary partition is selected and click on the next button
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  If you want to install programs on this disc you could make custom installations and select : \Program Files instead of the default of C:\Program Files. Some installers do not have this option.

  You can move your documents on this disc folder, if you want to see...

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/310147

  .. .but make a backup first.

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• The upgrade of old Dell Dimension 2400 CPU, GPU, memory, etc...

  Mainly interested in CPU upgrade at this time. I have download CPU - Z to determine my profile and I provide this stitched-together set screenshots of this program:

  

  I just put the CPU of my Dimension 5150 friend successfully. I would only reproduce on my 2400 - a much smaller machine. This computer is mainly used for the casual internet browsing, and sometimes I watch a Youtube video. The only programs that really tax the CPU are my disk defragmentation and the program CCleaner. When I have a great session of internet browsing of 100 + tabs, the CPU also emerged at this time here.

  I want to the maximum this computer using cheap parts upgrades, that I can buy it on eBay. On my 5150 friend, I bought a processor upgrade for $5 delivered and a thermal paste to ebay for 80 cents. I wouldn't mind buying a cheap video card and processor to upgrade this old workhorse

  sva50233

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  You cannot use all processors Prescott [1 MB cache].

  The maximum support of the processor is P - 4 Northwood, 533 MHz, Socket 478, 3.06 GHz.

  Before upgrading the processor, make sure you have the latest version of the BIOS installed.

  With regard to the video card, only the PCI cards are supported, no PCI Express card is supported.

  The Dimension 2400 supports a maximum of 2 GB (2 x 1 GB Modules) memory DDR.

  Bev.

• Is it possible to install Windows 7 on a Dell Dimension 5150?

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  Thank you.

  You will need to run the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor. It will inform you whether or not you can run Windows 7.

  In regards to your personal files, they must be saved on a device external or other removable media. This is because you can not 'upgrade' itself from Xp to Windows 7. It requires a clean install which means that all data on the hard disk is deleted during the installation of 7...

• I have an old dell dimension 8100 with the xp service PAC 3 and he got so slow and freezes, how can I solve this problem?

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• Processor Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 Quad - Core for dell dimension e521?

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• Newbie need help with the old graphics card Dell Dimension 2400

  Hi all

  Happy to discover this community and I hope I can get some answers here. Is there ANY video there card that would allow me to see the images that was shot in 1080 p on my old Dell Dimension 2400? Your help is very much appreciated here.

  Thank you.

  Nicolas

  Hi NICOLAS,.

  Motherboard Dell Dimension 2400 does not come with AGP slot or slot PCIex16. You will have to look out for PCI video cards, but most of the cards are low profile cards. You won't get a FHD 1080 p resolution.

• 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:

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  • nVidia Geforce FX5200 128 MB graphics card
  • Windows XP Home Edition
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  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
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  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

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