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Hi!
I found one old Dell Workstation 400 in my closet.
BIOS (A03) says Dell Workstatsion 400 MT
It had 2 * PII 333Mhz processors which was identified correctly by
BIOS.
I changed processors to 2 * PIII ???Mhz (maybe 500, there is text in
prosessor
that says 500/512/100/2.0V S1).
BIOS says still 2*PII 333 Mhz.
I upgraded the Bios to A05 (WS400A05.EXE)
which can be found at ftp://ftp1.dell.com/bios/
I don't know if this is the newest one.
BIOS says still 2*PII 333 Mhz. So, computer starts but BIOS does not
known
the processors right. I haven't still installed OS to look if it
identifies processors to something else than PII.
Maybe I'll install Lixux and see what happens...
Marko
>From: Christopher Muto (muto@worldnet.att.net)
>Subject: Re: workstation 400 PII to PIII ?
>
>
>View this article only
>Newsgroups: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
>Date: 2004-04-02 09:10:35 PST
>
>
>i am not familiar with the precision 400 but basic information about
it
>suggest this:
>it was sold by dell with either a pentium II 266, 300, or 333mhz
processor.
>all had a 66mhz front side bus (fsb). the latest bios revision is
a05. it
>has a 440lx chipset which is limited to a 66mhz fsb. this means that
any
>possible processor upgrade would have to have a 66mhz fsb which makes
>celerons a possible choice. powerleap.com sells a 700mhz/66mhz fsb
celeron
>slot1 type processor upgrade for about $120. they offer no
compatibility
>information for the precision 4000 but it will likely work if you
update the
>system to the latest bios. i believe powerleap will accept returns
if it
>doesn't work (ask them before ordering). but at that price you may
be
>better off putting the money towards purchasing a new low end pc
instead.
>
Hi!
I found one old Dell Workstation 400 in my closet.
BIOS (A03) says Dell Workstatsion 400 MT
It had 2 * PII 333Mhz processors which was identified correctly by
BIOS.
I changed processors to 2 * PIII ???Mhz (maybe 500, there is text in
prosessor
that says 500/512/100/2.0V S1).
BIOS says still 2*PII 333 Mhz.
I upgraded the Bios to A05 (WS400A05.EXE)
which can be found at ftp://ftp1.dell.com/bios/
I don't know if this is the newest one.
BIOS says still 2*PII 333 Mhz. So, computer starts but BIOS does not
known
the processors right. I haven't still installed OS to look if it
identifies processors to something else than PII.
Maybe I'll install Lixux and see what happens...
Marko
>From: Christopher Muto (muto@worldnet.att.net)
>Subject: Re: workstation 400 PII to PIII ?
>
>
>View this article only
>Newsgroups: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
>Date: 2004-04-02 09:10:35 PST
>
>
>i am not familiar with the precision 400 but basic information about
it
>suggest this:
>it was sold by dell with either a pentium II 266, 300, or 333mhz
processor.
>all had a 66mhz front side bus (fsb). the latest bios revision is
a05. it
>has a 440lx chipset which is limited to a 66mhz fsb. this means that
any
>possible processor upgrade would have to have a 66mhz fsb which makes
>celerons a possible choice. powerleap.com sells a 700mhz/66mhz fsb
celeron
>slot1 type processor upgrade for about $120. they offer no
compatibility
>information for the precision 4000 but it will likely work if you
update the
>system to the latest bios. i believe powerleap will accept returns
if it
>doesn't work (ask them before ordering). but at that price you may
be
>better off putting the money towards purchasing a new low end pc
instead.
>
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