Anybody ever tried other P4s (or Celerons) in a Dimension ..

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I have a Dimension 3000 chassis here without the original processor, but I
cannot immediately get my hands on one of the Celeron D or P4 processors that
ship with the box. Does the Dimension 3000 motherboard accept older and slower
Pentium 4s with 533MHz bus? Anybody tried it? Thanks... Ben Myers

 

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Just about any Socket 478 desktop P4 except the rare 1066 MHz bus units
will work.



Ben Myers wrote:
> I have a Dimension 3000 chassis here without the original processor, but I
> cannot immediately get my hands on one of the Celeron D or P4 processors that
> ship with the box. Does the Dimension 3000 motherboard accept older and slower
> Pentium 4s with 533MHz bus? Anybody tried it? Thanks... Ben Myers

 

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Thanks, Edward. That's what I thought after reading the specs of the comparable
Intel 865 chipset board. I want to rule out the possibility of the BIOS getting
in the way. I apparently have a dead board here, then. Known good power supply
with only the floppy, keyboard, mouse and video connected up. No action at all
when I press the front button. I guess I need to rule out the possibility of a
bad push button, then request a replacement board from Dell under warranty.

.... Ben Myers

On Sat, 20 Aug 2005 11:36:20 GMT, "Edward J. Neth" <ejn63@netscape.net> wrote:

>Just about any Socket 478 desktop P4 except the rare 1066 MHz bus units
>will work.
>
>
>
>Ben Myers wrote:
>> I have a Dimension 3000 chassis here without the original processor, but I
>> cannot immediately get my hands on one of the Celeron D or P4 processors that
>> ship with the box. Does the Dimension 3000 motherboard accept older and slower
>> Pentium 4s with 533MHz bus? Anybody tried it? Thanks... Ben Myers