Dell Dimension 2400 PC Desktop - Answered Questions & Fixed issues

three little dots - ... - right at top of the page you are working on, click into them.

Since you are comfortable with working inside your computer, the best thing to do now is to purchase an external enclosure for your type of hard drive, SATA or EIDE.

Alternately you can use a live linux cd, boot up with that, and transfer your data to an external drive.

Once your data is safe, try booting to the Windows cd and attempt a repair installation.

And finally, yes, hard drives can go bad in 2 years or less.

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U can download the DVD decoder in the belwo link

http://en.kioskea.net/download/download-972-dvd-decoder-pack

and to install refer this link

http://www.ehow.com/how_5118635_install-dvd-decoder-windows-xp.html

Good Luck:-)

Completely uninstall the software, reboot the computer then reinstall. I recommend that you download the newest version from itunes.com

1. Shut down the computer through the Start menu.
2. Ensure that your computer and attached devices are turned off. If your computer and attached devices did not automatically turn off when you shut down your computer, turn them off now.

1. Disconnect any telephone or telecommunication lines from the computer.
2. Disconnect your computer and all attached devices from their electrical outlets, and then press the power button to ground the system board.

1. Lay your computer on its side with the computer cover facing up.
2. If your computer cover has a cover latch, slide and hold the cover latch.
3. Grip the indents on the computer cover, and slide the computer cover toward the back of the computer.

Place the computer cover on a level surface.

codec are basicaly needed to watch andy videos or music files....
get FFDSHOW codec from google, it's the best

Make sure u can open the casing well to expose the interior parts without causing any damage. Then by close look at the processor area , that is where the heat sink is located. Normally the dell dimension 2400 has a green channel shaped structure that acts as a passage for the air that enters in and out for cooling the heat sink. It has a locking parts that slides into the casing back by slight pressing to the back of the casing just behind the processor area, be so observant to notice the locking parts. then the fan is just fixed behind that green " channel like" and its fixed on the rear side of the casing,

the mail problem with those dells is the video card was not very good. you can go to dell and put in the tag number and download the drivers for it and that might help. the old dell was a xp machine and it might be the only drivers you can get for that. if you have upgraded to windows 7 there are not drivers for that in w7

Try to uninstall and reinstall the display drivers. For the desktop icons, right click desktop->Arrange icons by->show desktop icons.

test the PSU yet, the jumper clip tests? are the fans dead? http://www.pcdied.com/power.html bad PSU PSU overloaded or worse. ask

Hi, just use the steam service online they are very reliable, www.store.steampowered.com

Here's the Microsoft Page for using Movie Maker on XP,

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/default.mspx

and here's the Download Site for Movie Maker XP,

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/updates/moviemaker2.mspx

It's installed through Windows Update normally so you should just install every Windows XP Update available. Go to the Start Button>All Programs> Windows Update and click on it. Follow all the prompts and say yes or ok to everything.

Good Luck

You need to reset it to factory defaults. Several youtube videos can help you (I have exact printer but book is put away). Have you done anything to it lately with ink cartridges and the like? may need to get some mineral spirits, take out ink cartridges, and clean contacts with swab. Try the reset first, though.

it can be one of 2 things:
1. if the battery charge light is all that comes on then you motherborad is busted.
2. if the power light turns on without the screen showing anything then you will need to replace the screen, but first connect it to an ordinary PC monitory and see if it works from there before changing anything.

Your computer will need some upgrades. This dell has a max memory of 2 gigabytes. The memory type is pc2700. You need to install a PCI video card. Newegg.com has a decent one for about 40 bucks. 2 gigabytes of memory should cost about 70 bucks. If the dell doesnt have a DVD drive you will have to get one too. <less than 30 bucks> Then and only then will this computer be able to play games or play videos.

If your trying to cancel your order, it depends on where the computer is in their system (not yet built or not yet chipped). Click on this link and then on the "can I cancel my order" link. Then follow the instructions. http://www.dell.com/support/Contents/us/en/19/article/eSupport-Order-Support/order-change-returns

follow these easy steps:
1)open my computer
2)click on Add and Remove Programs ,wait till is loaded then select your program that you want to uninstal and click Remove. 

how much space do you have? you should only delete things like pictures, documents or from the downloaded folder you no longer want otherwise uninstall programs you no longer need DoNOT delete them

is it a bios password or a user password ??

Lack of video signal is usually 1 of 3 things, Power supply (PSU), Video card or Motherboard (mobo).
Situation #1: If you get a blank screen and no sounds or movement it either indicates that the power supply unit (PSU) has failed or something on the motherboard has failed, preventing normal startup.
Situation #1A: You might get some power lights coming on and some fans spinning but the video output does not happen, usually indicates that motherboard or PSU is going out or has gone out. Occasionally it will be due to a weak (damaged) PSU.
Situation #2: If you get sounds (normal Windows startup sounds) and lights but nothing on the screen then it indicates a failed or loose video card.
Always try a different power outlet that you know is working. (Eliminate the easy stuff first!)
If it is out of warranty, try opening up the case, with the power off, of course. If you have Sit #2 and have a video card that you can reseat (take out and then put back in) try that. If it is onboard video then you may have to buy a video card for it.
Also take this time to inspect the capacitors on the motherboard (they look like tiny soda cans) and check for tops that are bulging, swelling or leaking anything. Capacitors should be perfectly flat on top. If you find these then your motherboard is bad (well technically the capacitors on your motherboard are bad). The bad caps will need replacing to fix (not a job for an amateur). If it passes the visual inspection then it may just be your power supply is bad. Notice that a bad PSU does not mean you are getting no power, just not enough to start and run the computer.
A few years ago a company stole the recipe for making capacitors and started making their own capacitors at really cheap prices. The stolen "recipe" was not complete and not correct so these caps started failing after about 2-3 years of use. Emachines, DELL and Gateway were the computer companies most affected by the bad capacitor issues, although any of the big companies could have the same problem. These bad caps also affected power supply makers.
Do you hear anything else during startup, beeps, fans or drives spinning, lights on the front or back of computer flashing or lit up? Do you hear the Windows starting sound?
Let us know more then we can troubleshoot better. Do you have the 4 diagnostic (A,B,C,D) on the rear of the machine? What is the front power light on the CPU doing?