Replacing Dell Deminsion 4300 Motherboard

toil

Hi,
i have a dell deminsion 4300 comp,
the motherboard is damaged,
I am wondering what i can do...ie
Can i ring dell and order the exact same motherboard from them?
I know there is a standard size to motherboards, but do dell
build to these?i.e. can i go off and buy a different motherboard and will it fit in the box?

Any other ideas?

Thanks,
toil

elexes

you should be able to get one off them no probloms but if i was you id go and get a different one from somone else what processor you got ? you sure the processor is working ? dell charged a guy i know 500 quid for 512 megs of rd ram im not sure the current price of that but im sure its not that price

toil

I got a p4 1.5ghz - think it is socket 478 (says mpga478B on motherboard)..
The mother board is a intel 845 chipset.

Was lookin at this motherboard 'Asus P4B Mainboard for S478/P-4
I845, ATA/100, ATX Retail, SD-Ram'.

My only prob is that i think this board is bigger and might
not fit in the dell box?
Is this the case?


thanks,

toil

toil

The computer just has a damaged motherboard and it needs to be replaced.

The powersupply is fine - normal ATX connection.

No warranty on computer.

Thanks for help,
i will just measure the inside of the box where MB can fit in(groves)(already measure dell mother board which is of different size to regular ATX motherboard) and compare to that motherboard.

All i need to know is can a dell dimension 4300 box fit a ATX motherboard?!!?

Thanks for that link, found some good information at the dell forums.
toil

SickBoy

The powersupply is fine - normal ATX connection.

Wrong, the PSU maybe ATX but the connection has a different pin layout. If you plug a dell PSU dirrectly into a non dell motherboard there's a good chance you'll fry it! It can be rewired though, you'll need to search the interweb thing to find out how though....

elexes

what he says is true .. dont suppose uve thought of spending 50 on a new case with psu and then the 1xx on the board . that should solve your problom

spongebob

The good new about the Dell is

Your Processor can be transferred
Memory
Floppy
Harddrive

(maybe the PSU) but it may need drilling.

sound/video/network card/modem if NOT built onto the motherboard.

cables for the above

Sould leave ya looking for a new case and motherboard only of you are lucky. Less than 200 yoyos which is less than Dell would charge anyway.

M

toil

Ok,
well it looks like the 4300's con with the standard powersupply pinout connection....at least i think i read that some where :-)

I am just gonna buy and box + motherboard.

Is this what you might be selling? :-)

thanks for all the replies....


toil