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More info?)
I rushed into buying this machine due to the price, without fully checking
the spec. only to find out it doesn't have AGP slot.
<ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers)> wrote in message
news:41fab977.34328269@nntp.charter.net...
>I have my doubts about the PSU being non-standard. Someone gutted a Dell
> Dimension case, I got a Dell 4300 mobo and a generic Antec P4-capable ATX
> power
> supply, put it in the case, hooked up the motherboard and they all lived
> happily
> ever after.
>
> As for the connectors to the front panel, THAT is where the non-standard
> stuff
> is. Effectively, another Dell mobo mounted on a Dell-standard mounting
> plate is
> the only real option, and not all models of Dell mobo would work due to
> variations in the cabling to the front panel among models.
>
> What is wrong with the Dimension 3000 motherboard that you all want to
> replace
> it? ... Ben Myers
>
> On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 19:00:43 +0000 (UTC), "Malvin"
> <pa_pa_returns@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>I've too got a Dell D300 and looking to replace the mobo. According to
>>some
>>members on the Dell forum (Dell site), the D4600 mobo will fit into the
>>D3000 with no problems. You can't use standard PSU gotta be Dell type or
>>if
>>you plan to use standard PSU you need a convertor. Loads of such question
>>on
>>this available on Dell forum site.
>>
>>"ric" <publicmail@infobubble.co.uk> wrote in message
>>news:1106921656.241392.8270@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>>> Hi All,
>>> Got a customer with a new Dim3000.
>>> He wants a mobo swap: don't ask why.
>>> Two questions:
>>> 1) are the PSUs standard pin outs on these?
>>> 2) are the front panel connectors standard pin-outs?
>>> 3) what's the PSU wattage and do they come with a P4 square power
>>> connector?
>>>
>>> cheers
>>> ric
>>>
>>
>>
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