Re: Upgade Dimension 2400 from 2.4g Celeron?


"Leythos" <void@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Well,
>
> I did a couple searches and found that the Dimension 2400 that ships
> with the lowly 2.4ghz Celeron is suppose to support up to 3Ghz P4 at 533
> FSB and PC2700 RAM.
>
> I ordered a P4/2.8ghz/533 and 512MB of PC2700 from my local supplier.
>
> I removed the Dell Celron and 512MB and installed the new - when I
> turned on the power I get all LED's illuminated on the front and nothing
> for video/sounds - the Fan runs, the unit appears to have power, but
> nothing.
>
> Suspecting that the new P4 CPU was bad, even though it was a New Retail
> CPU, I installed it in another computer (not a Dell Dimension, an ASUS
> motherboard) and it detected the CPU and RAM correctly.
>
> So, I suspected that the DELL PSU was not powerful enough to run the new
> P4 CPU - replaced the Dell PSU with an ANTEC 480W PSU and tried the P4
> again in the Dell - same thing, NADA, nothing, don't work. In order to
> validate the new Antec PSU I reinstalled the old Celeron and RAM and it
> worked fine. So, I tried the P4 and the old RAM, nada.....
>
> I called Dell support in Panama and was told that the machine does
> indeed support P4/3ghz/533 and PC2700 RAM......
>
> Anyone upgrade one of these with a faster CPU and get it working?
>
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Not sure what you went down the power supply route. My 2400 came with a
P4-2.8/533, so the power supply is more than adequate.

Did you upgrade to the latest BIOS? Often that is the problem. Also,
you're sure it is a 533? I'm doing this from memory, but thought the 3.0
was 800 and the 3.06 was 533.

Tom


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