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I have a Dell Dimension 4500 that I'm rebuilding. A problem I've stumbled onto is simply where to plug the computer end of a cable coming from the front panel USB connector. There appears to be no connector on the motherboard, which makes me think there might be a pc card that it should attach to. The problem is withouth the cable , there is no frontpanel USB support. The Dell motherboard is #2P997. Any guesses
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CNETAug 5, 2009 - My dell dimension 4500 was accidentally turned off at the power strip and ... There is a light behind the button but no lights on back of computer. ... I have a Dimension 2400 that I'm not using--could I try that power supply in it?
First you need to know if your computer is set up to connect to the Internet. Look on the back of the computer and find the Ethernet connector (looks like a large version a phone jack). If you have this, simply connect the cable that came with your modem and then make sure both ends of said cable are plugged in. It doesn't matter which end of the cable goes where.
If you don't have one of this ports, you need to use a USB port to install a wireless receiver - these usually smaller than a thumb drive. Install the software for the receiver (or it may do so automatically) and you should be able to connect to a wireless router.
once youve booted up your dell, you simply plug in the external harddrive (hdd). After you've plugged the hdd in (and make sure you plug the power source to the hdd too if it comes with one) then you wait until it is recognized on your computer. It should simply show up as another drive once you double click the "my computer" icon. Once it does show up, double click the drive to open it up like you would a folder. Then you can simply copy and paste whatever files from your computer into it. Transferring multitudes of files will take time so be patient.
If it is not showing up on you "my computer" screen, then first restart the computer leaving it plugged in and see if it shows up. No? Try to install a driver from a cd it came with. No cd? https://iomega-na-en.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/16743
This is an older machine that has a 4x AGP port for graphics cards. The good news is that cards for this slot are cheap...usually in the 30-50 dollar range. The downside is that you wont get the greatest performance out of them. I would recommend going with a Geforce FX 5200.
Could be a number of things inside the comPuter. I suggest opening it up and checking all the cables, Cards and RAM are seated properly. In my diagnostics it could be the motherboard on the way out.
No. Your Dell Dimension uses PC-2100 type memory. Your Dell Dimension can support up to 1GB of memory. For optimal performance install the maximum amount of memory in each socket. Your Dell Dimension 4500 has 2 banks of 1 socket each for a total of 2 memory sockets.
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Thanks for the link. I had been trying so hard to find a tech manual, that I hadn't thought of a forum. This may definitely serve my needs.
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