Dell Dimension 2350 :)) help :P

simons545

Hey all, recently acquired an old dimension and am looking to learn the in's and outs of hardware with it. Looking for someone to tell me what's what, in terms of max ram, (A02 bios btw winXP SP3) currently 2x512MB ram, 2GHz P4. Need to know compatible PCi cards etc. for playing around with.
Also...
if I have a standalone wifi router, if I plug it into the Dimension, would it act as a wireless network adapter??? (Forgive the ignorance)

Thanks in advance,

Simon.

Torqay

simons545 wrote: »

Looking for someone to tell me what's what, in terms of max ram, (A02 bios btw winXP SP3) currently 2x512MB ram, 2GHz P4. Need to know compatible PCi cards etc. for playing around with.

2x 512 MB (DDR PC2700 or DDR PC3200) is the maximum RAM.

The mainboard supports any any 130nm (Northwood) 400 Mhz FSB Pentium 4 or Celeron processor (non-HT).

simons545 wrote: »

if I have a standalone wifi router, if I plug it into the Dimension, would it act as a wireless network adapter??? (Forgive the ignorance)

No.

invaderzimirl

this might help you out on the ports names and types
http://sonic840.deviantart.com/art/Computer-hardware-poster-1-7-111402099

if you want wifi you prob need to get a USB WiFi adapter you can get them cheaply enough.
something like http://www.maxburns.ie/store/?ECProduct=1977 would do

what do you want to learn from playing with the system ?

simons545

invaderzimirl wrote: »

this might help you out on the ports names and types
http://sonic840.deviantart.com/art/Computer-hardware-poster-1-7-111402099 what do you want to learn from playing with the system ?

Thanks very much, that looks pretty helpful actually.

Just the different hardware types and slots on the motherboard etc. finding it good so far so I'll stick with it! Thanks very much for the help :P

invaderzimirl

if you wondering whats what take a pic of it and ask im sure 100's of people will happily answer you.

now with an old system like the Dell Dimension 2350 you wont have much on it,

hope this helps


its not mine i just got the pic on line

invaderzimirl

its not mine i just got the pic on line