Re: Upgrading CPU in Dell 8200

Thanks hrdtd, I decided it's not worth upgrading the 8200.

Mike

"hrdtd" <hdrdtd@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Mike, another issue is your chipset.

The Dimension 8200's were built with either an 850 chipset or a 850E
chipset.

The 850 chipset only supports the 400Mhz FSB, the 850E added the ability
to support the 533Mhz FSB.

Unfortunatly, the ONLY way to determine for sure which you have is to
physically look at the top of the chip and read the number there. It will
end in either 850 or 850E.

To look at it, you'll have to remove a heat sing held on by a spring.
Pretty easy to do.

They changed to the 850E chipset sometime around June-July of 2002 is my
memory is still working.

what chip set you have will impact what CPU you can upgrade to.

You already have 512meg ram in the system. Moving to 1gig will improve
thing a bit, but if all 4 slots are already full, you'd have to either
replace all 4 with 256's or buy a pair of 512's to reach 1gig.

As other's have already pointed out, all things being equall, it's not
worth upgrading what you've got.


"Mike" <wxyz09@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks I got it.

Mike

"Mike" <wxyz09@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Do you know the url for the dell website displaying returned pcs?
I can no longer find it.

Mike

"Jay B" <jayb@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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memory is very expensive.
i just bought 2 x256mb chips on ebay for $130 for a client.
i've seen it as low as 90, but you gotta be lucky.
they easily go for double that elsewhere.
i would not upgrade the cpu because now you're talking bigger bucks,
and its clearly not worth it.

i suggest you try and sell it while it still has some value.
the value of a new computer is $400. (check out dell outlet, 5150 or
9150)

also on sale at small business-
dim 5150 $500 or dim 9150 $700 prices include flat panel.
either of these are a much better machine than that old 8200.


Mike wrote:
Hi, I've got a Dell 8200, 1.7ghz cpu, 512MB RDRAM (all four slots
populated).128MB Gforce videoo adapter.
I'm thinking I'd like to upgrade to a gig of ram and the fastest
video adapter and cpu that'll work. I d/l
the specs from dell but I'm inclear what is the fastest cpu I can use.
Any suggestions? Where is a good source for either two 256MB or two
512MB RDRAM DIMMs? If I can spend a few hundfred bucks on it I'll
keep it for awhile longer.

Thanks,

Mike

Microprocessor

Microprocessor type

Intel® Pentium® 4 microprocessor

1.50, 1.60, 1.80, 1.90, 2.00, 2.20, or 2.40 GHz (400 MHz); or

2.26, 2.40, 2.53, 2.66, or 2.80 GHz (533 MHz)

L1 cache

8 KB first-level

L2 cache

256-KB or 512-KB (displayed in the system setup program)
pipelined-burst, eight-way set associative, write-back SRAM



System Information

System chip set
Intel 850 or 850E

DMA channels
eight

Interrupt levels
15

System BIOS chip
4 Mb (512 KB)

System clock
400- or 533- MHz data rate



Expansion Bus

Bus types
PCI and AGP

Bus speed
PCI: 33 MHz; AGP: 66 MHz

AGP connector
one

AGP connector size
172 pins

AGP connector data width (maximum)
32 bits

AGP bus protocols
4x/2x modes at 1.5 V

PCI connectors
four

PCI connector size
120 pins

PCI connector data width
(maximum)
32 bits



Memory

Architecture
RDRAM

Memory connectors
four

Memory capacities
64-, 128-, 256-, and 512-MB non-ECC RDRAM

Minimum memory
128 MB

Maximum memory
2 GB with Microsoft® Windows® 2000 and Windows XP; 512 MB with
Windows Millennium Edition (Me)

Memory type
PC800 (non-ECC)

Memory speed
40 ns or faster

BIOS address
F8000h



Drives

Externally accessible
two 5.25-inch bays
two 3.5-inch bays

Internally accessible
two bays for 1-inch-high IDE hard drives

Available devices
ATA-66 or ATA-100 Ultra DMA hard drive, CD drive, Zip drive, DVD
drive, and CD-RW drive



Ports and Connectors

Externally accessible:

Serial
9-pin connector; 16550C-compatible

Parallel
25-hole connector (bidirectional)

Video
15-hole connector

Keyboard
6-pin mini-DIN connector or USB connector

Mouse
6-pin mini-DIN connector or USB connector

USB
two front-panel and two back-panel USB-compliant connectors

Headphone
front-panel miniature jack

Audio1
three miniature jacks for line-in, line-out, and microphone

Internally accessible:

Primary IDE channel
40-pin connector on PCI local bus

Secondary IDE channel
40-pin connector on PCI local bus

Floppy drive
34-pin connector

1 Present only on computers with integrated audio capabilities.



Audio2

Audio controller
Analog Devices AD1885 AC97 Codec

2 Present only on computers with integrated audio capabilities.



Video

Video controller
AGP 4X



Controls and Lights

Power control
push button

Power light
green

Hard-drive access light
green

Diagnostic code lights
four bicolor (amber and green) located on back panel



Power

DC power supply:

Wattage
250 W

Heat dissipation
534 BTU (fully-loaded computer without monitor)

Voltage (switch-selectable
on back panel)
90 to 135 V at 60 Hz; 180 to 265 V at 50 Hz;
100 V at 50 to 60 Hz for Japanese computers

Backup battery
3-V CR2032 coin cell










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