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Upgrading Motherboard

bpatters69

bpatters69

Senior member
Hello folks,

I have a Dell 8100 that I would like to upgrade. By upgrade, I mean take the motherboard and CPU and replace both. I want to re-use my hard disks, CD\DVD and Graphics card as they are all fairly new. The processor is a P4 1.3Mhz. None of the drives are SCSI - they are ATA or IDE. Anyway, can I buy any CPU/RAM/Motherboard and will it fit in my Dell case? The case is a Dell Tower. What about the power supply?

Thanks, Bill
 
the case is a tower? so it's a desktop? If so, you can replace it with a mobo of the same size (ATX, mATX, etc), or with one that is a smaller size, usually. Unless of course, dell chose to use a non-standard mobo
 
Non-standard MOBO? Please tell me they would not do that......

Here are the specs. Can you figure out what size MOBO I have:

Quantity Parts # Part Description

1 00EDU PROCESSOR, 80528, 1.3GHZ, 0K, 400FSB, SOCKET W
1 5828D ASSEMBLY, CABLE, ATA66, 2DROP, KLINGER
1 9019C ASSEMBLY, CABLE, DORADO/ATHENS/TUALATIN/ALMODOR, 34P, FLOPPY DRIVE, 1DROP, HUNNICUT/MEDIUM DESKTOP
1 9809T ASSEMBLY, CABLE, 40P, IDE (INTEGRATED DRIVE ELECTRONICS), 2DROP, LS120 FLOPPY DRIVE
1 9D307 PRINTED WIRING ASSY, PLANAR (MOTHERBOARD), 8100, NETWORK INTERFACE CARD/CONTROLLERS, CLP/AGP, DIMENSION
1 3044V MODULE, COMPACT DISK DRIVE, 48X, I, 5.25" FORM FACTOR, MEDIUM TOWER, LITEON, DIMENSION, MIDNIGHT GRAY
1 2296W MODULE, COMPACT DISKETTE, DELL-APPS, BACKUP, ENGLAND/ENGLISH
1 7396P MODULE, CARD (CIRCUIT), MULTI-MEDIA, AUDIO, CRTV-PCI64V, DIMENSION
1 84UGW MODULE, CARD (CIRCUIT), GRAPHICS, 32M, MRMGA2, DIMENSION
1 57TMX MODULE, FLOPPY DRIVE, 1.44, 3.5" FORM FACTOR, NO BEZEL, NEC CORPORATION, 8100
1 4C660 MODULE, HARD DRIVE, 20G, I, 5.4K, DIMENSION, JAGUAR, WD-PR
1 722FU MODULE, KEYBOARD, 104, UNITED STATES, NMB, DIMENSION, MIDNIGHT GRAY
1 76EPH MODULE, MODEM, V90, DATA FAX VOICE MODEMS, TITAN, DIMENSION, SOUND
1 46XRX MODULE, MOUSE, PERSONAL SYSTEM 2, WHEEL, MICROSOFT, DIMENSION, MIDNIGHT GRAY
1 50RMU MODULE, RAMBUS INLINE MEMORY MODULE, 128M, 2X64, 600M, DESKTOP
1 4C130 MODULE, SOFTWARE, AOL-6.0, 5.25" FORM FACTOR, NON-FACTORY INSTALLED, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MFGR.
1 7000E MODULE, SOFTWARE, DELL-ENH, V2, F0, INTERNATIONAL
1 2C600 MODULE, SOFTWARE, DELL RESOLUTION ASSISTANT, V3.2, DIMENSION, ENGLAND/ENGLISH, WORLD WIDE
1 55687 MODULE, SOFTWARE, INFORMATION, FAT32, MULTI-LANGUAGE
1 3C523 MODULE, SOFTWARE, MICROSOFT, DELLNET, INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER, 1-YR-INCL
1 5C954 MODULE, SOFTWARE, NAV-2001, ENGLAND/ENGLISH, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MFGR.
1 15YGR MODULE, SOFTWARE, WINME, DIMENSION, ENGLAND/ENGLISH, DELL AMERICAS ORGANIZATION
1 36HFF MODULE, SOFTWARE, WKS-STE2K1, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MFGR., ENGLAND/ENGLISH
1 058GN SHIP GROUP, DIMENSION, 8100, UNITED STATES, UNITED STATES, ENGLAND/ENGLISH, W
1 2564X KIT, SPEAKER, 120V, MIDNIGHT GRAY, ACS340
 
Will G,

I believe you are right. Like I said I want to replace my motherboard. I just want to make sure that the new motherboard will fit in the Dell 8100 case. I guess I could get a new case but why do that when I have a case.


Thanks, Bill
 
Ya it should just make sure you have enough power connecters and such for the mobo you choose and vid cards and such. As your older dell prob doesn't have some of the newer type connecters.


Will G.
 
Chances are your Dell case uses proprietry connectors rather than the standard ATX ones, so you cant install any other mobo. To save a lot of trouble, its probably cheaper and easier to buy a new standartd ATX case and PSU and transfer your stuff over to that, then sell the Dell barebones on AT or Ebay.
 
It does have an odd layout to the board but by the looks of things i can't see that they arn't in fact standard stuff..



Will G.
 
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