Dell Dimension 9150 What should I do with it?
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id say upgrade it if you can if you can find good used parts for it. i had a dell dime 5000 with pent 4 3ghz 512mb ram 80gb HDD and x300 GPU, was good at the time lol, but afterwhile all that became weak trying to multi-task and play games, but due to a virus i brought a laptop instead lol, i did get it sorted short time after, but then it buggered on me, so i sold it few weeks ago as spairs with odd bits missing for £20 ha..
i brought 2gb ram that was meant to fit, but turned out to be wrong, it was a shame there was a mobo issue as i would still have it and have had it upgraded much as it could be, i reckon it have been better than my missus computer she has now(ideq n1).
i brought 2gb ram that was meant to fit, but turned out to be wrong, it was a shame there was a mobo issue as i would still have it and have had it upgraded much as it could be, i reckon it have been better than my missus computer she has now(ideq n1).
OK...I'll report back
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Brilliant! Wish I'd thought of that
Sorry mate.
Next time I`ll remember to give you full credit.
Yes. Which XP do you have and is it 32bit?
Don't know. Did they do 64bit xp then?
From 2005 I think. But looking at the specs for your system, it is probably 32 bit(x86).
You can download a copy from here, but you will need a torrent client.
http://www.torrentdownload.ws/search?q=windows xp iso
Use the UBCD first to check the disc and repair the boot manager(sector).
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you can buy the Ram cheap if you have a cex near by or just use ebay, i sorta wish i did that and not paid less for Ram on ebay that turned out wrong even though the spec was right lol..
max the ram out, get a 500-1tb IDE unless yours supports sata as a 2nd drive and look at something in the 8 series of Geforce GPU which i think will be compatible and you should have a pretty good computer for the money, but if you have to replace the board id just sell up, BTX boards are pricey and unless you custom, you cant fit any other boards as Dell kept to their own style and their style only which was annoying..
max the ram out, get a 500-1tb IDE unless yours supports sata as a 2nd drive and look at something in the 8 series of Geforce GPU which i think will be compatible and you should have a pretty good computer for the money, but if you have to replace the board id just sell up, BTX boards are pricey and unless you custom, you cant fit any other boards as Dell kept to their own style and their style only which was annoying..
OK so do I just download it to my hard drive and then write it to a CD?
Then I guess I boot to it but what when it's booted? What tests do I run?
Look at the list of apps on the UBCD link.
After you have inserted the disc, select HDD in the menu, then select Diskinfo, so you know whether your hdd is ide or sata.
When you know what type it is, select the appropriate Disk diagnosis app, so if it is a Ide hdd then select GWSCAN depending on size.
Also check out Dsrfix in the UBCD link, this http://www.goodells.net/dellrestore/fixes.shtml
OK, I've now downloaded the ISO image into my downloads. If I right click on it there are 3 options under 'open with':
1. ImgBurn (Which looks quite complicated)
2. NTI Media Maker (Which needs me to buy and enter a licence key)
3. Windows Disc Image Burner (Whish seems simplest)
So do I simply write it to my CD using 3?
1. ImgBurn (Which looks quite complicated)
2. NTI Media Maker (Which needs me to buy and enter a licence key)
3. Windows Disc Image Burner (Whish seems simplest)
So do I simply write it to my CD using 3?
I'm getting diagnonstic lights 3 & 4 again most times.
When I do get it to boot, I get a bios screen that tells me to press F1 to continue or F2 to enter setup. I do notice above that it lists 2 physical discs and says there is an error on one of them (I think they are RAID 0 configured)
When I do get it to boot, I get a bios screen that tells me to press F1 to continue or F2 to enter setup. I do notice above that it lists 2 physical discs and says there is an error on one of them (I think they are RAID 0 configured)