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| Dell Dimension 2100 (Celeron - 800Mhz) |
Posted by: coius on 2008-02-09 16:03:28
I just received this from a friend of my mom's. I need to check out the specs a bit more, but it's got a Celeron (Pentium III based I am guessing) and it came with windows ME. I will post pics later!
EDIT: It has an 800Mhz Socket-370 Celeron w/ 128K L2 Cache. Well it's at least SOMETHING
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Posted by: coius on 2008-02-09 16:10:52
This is supposed to be what it has:
CPU:
Celeron-900 CPU
128KB L2 cache
RAM:
128MB of SDRAM
Operating System:
Windows ME
Storage:
20GB hard drive,
32x24X-48X CD-RW drive
Graphics:
integrated Intel 810 graphics with UMA
Sound:
Creative Labs SoundBlaster 64V PCI sound card |
Posted by: iamdigitalman on 2008-02-09 16:24:42
Damn, you seem to be getting a lot of PCs as of late. I need one for compatibility, but I am looking in to getting a Macbook for just such occasions.
Throw Windows 2000 on that, it will scream. I put it on a 366mhz Pentium II and am shocked at the speed. I am used to running it in emulation or on an old 200mhz Pentium, where it crawls.
-digital 😉
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Posted by: coius on 2008-02-09 17:25:02
I don't know what's more sad:
The fact that it has 128MB RAM and it's running windows XP
or the fact that XP is not Genuine ^_^
the third thing could be that I don't have 256MB ram (which is the max per slot) and one of the slots has the holding tabs removed and/or it's dead.
I guess it just gets 128MB memory and it's stuck with windows 2k Pro :-/
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Posted by: coius on 2008-02-09 17:25:31
Oh! on top of that, no AGP slot 😛
I don't even know how much shared VRAM it has 😛
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Posted by: macintoshman on 2008-02-09 19:15:14
4mb
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Posted by: quinterro on 2008-02-09 21:08:51
I'm actually repairing one of these right now (really) for a customer. Her machine has a 1.1ghz Celeron, 512MB RAM and what appears to be a 40GB hard disk with Windows 2000. There's also a CD-RW drive, but it's between 8x and 16x and doesn't work very well.
Initlally it had some file system damage that was repaired by running check disk from another computer. I have also had to clear out the password so I could log into the system.
It's running Spybot as I type. Unfortunately I can't wipe the system and start from scratch-she wants her programs saved.
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Posted by: coius on 2008-02-09 21:46:10
4mb BZZT! actually, I just looked it up. It's only 2MB ^_^ ;; (although it will use up to 18MB for hardware acceleration functions).
Wow, that is TRULY sad. FYI, i am going to try to get 256MB RAM for it.
Here's what I have thrown into it:
PNY PCI nVidia Vanta LT Pro 16MB VRAM w/ 3d acceloration.
Replaced the 20GB 5400RPM w/ 2MB Cache, with a 40GB 7200RPM w/ 8MB Cache.
Also, i am checking with a friend that has my old Power Macintosh G3 (beige) that I believe has a 256MB DIMM. Hopefully he can dig it out of his basement and get it for me 😀
He will be over tomorrow with the case I need for the server I built, and he will have the RAM for this. So, wish me luck!!!
BTW, I am not going to buy any parts for this system. With a half-functional motherboard (one RAM slot, no AGP), it's not worth throwing a bigger CPU in it, or trying to get a better video card/bigger HDD. So this is the end of the line
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Posted by: coius on 2008-02-09 23:24:28
I am going to experiment with Debian Linux and see how it goes. It's supposed to be pretty decent on this system. It just sucks that one of the RAM slots broke 🙁
It also seems it splits one of the ends on it. So the contacts aren't really touching the RAM stick. If I could fix it, it *might* work. I put a RAM Stick in and it saw it, but it didn't do very well on booting into windows. It spit out errors 🙁
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Posted by: coius on 2008-02-10 02:16:48
hmm... Little update on VRAM. It seems it will use up to 12MB VRAM on it. it's AGP Based, but I don't know which is better. An nVidia Vanta LT Pro w/ 16MB Video, or an AGP-Based 810i w/ 12MB VRAM. It's supposed to be dynamic. Anyone got any clue as to which is better?
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Posted by: macintoshman on 2008-02-11 15:02:02
My dell has 810i. It sucks.
Any nVidia/ATI is better
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