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More info?)
I would bet that the Dim 3000 is the same in UK and US. There is no economic
reason for Dell to build them differently. (Possible exception: the "fused" UK
power)
None of the "gotchas" are major problems, but they do entail fussing and
fiddling around a bit. My basis for a comparison between motherboards is Dell
vs. Intel, because Dell systems use moidified standard Intel board designs.
.... Ben Myers
On Fri, 22 Apr 2005 10:49:56 +0100, Paul <removemepaul_news@dsl.pipex.com>
wrote:
>FYI I have just installed the asus mobo with only one slight
>modification. I had to discard the connector for the front panel and
>just clip on the wires individually to the corresponding pins on the
>mobo. The usb header was the same as the original dell mobo, the cpu
>fan connector also was not a problem and the monitor is plugged into its
>own power socket, not daisy chained from the pc. Now I have an AGP
>slot! Thanks for your replies anyway, I guess the Dimension 3000 in the
>UK is different from the one in the US.
>
>Regards
>
>Ben Myers wrote:
>> That's just the start of potential issues fitting a non-Dell motherboard into a
>> Dell chassis. Other gotchas:
>>
>> non-standard cable to front panel USB
>> non-standard 3-pin connector on fan on the back of the chassis
>> non-standard header for cable from motherboard to on-off switch/LEDs
>> power supply cannot have auxiliary external power source to attach monitor
>>
>> ... Ben Myers
>>
>> On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 09:33:42 +0100, Paul <removemepaul_news@dsl.pipex.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Thanks for the reply.
>>>Does this mean I will have problems replacing the mobo with an asus
>>>p4p800-vm, which I have read will drop straight in?
>>>
>>>
>>>Ben Myers wrote:
>>>
>>>>Standard, yes. But not ATX-12v standard. The Dimension 3000 is one of the
>>>>first systems to use the next step in the evolution of the computer chassis,
>>>>BTX. The BTX power supply connector is larger than the ATX connector. I have
>>>>yet to figure out whether the BTX connector is simply a new name applied to the
>>>>same sort of connector used in some Intel server boxes of a few years ago. In
>>>>any event, it does away with the separate 12v connector which was born during
>>>>the evolution from Pentium 3 to Pentium 4.
>>>>
>>>>Like ATX, BTX is supposed to be better than ATX, which truly was an improvement
>>>>over the 1984 vintage baby-AT... Ben Myers
>>>>
>>>>On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 00:06:08 +0100, Paul <removemepaul_news@dsl.pipex.com>
>>>>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>What about Dell Dimension 3000 (UK Model)Pentium 4 3.0ghz Prescott, does
>>>>>it have a standard atx power supply?
>>>>
>>>>
>>