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Dimension 3000 specs. confusing
You already answered this question, so to be fair, I am going to open a new question, and the question follows below as well...
This whole thing would not be an issue if the new 3000 Dimension supports a second internal drive...
Now the think I find confusing is the technical specifications, whichs say:
Internally accessible:
one bay for 1-inch-high IDE hard drives
HOWEVER:
System board connectors:
Primary IDE drive
40-pin connector on PCI local bus
Secondary IDE drive
40-pin connector on PCI local bus
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dim3000/en/SM/specs.htm#wp1075944
Maybe the secondary is the cd rom, and I have to use master/slave, should I want more than one cd rom or hard drive...
I never heard of a computer not having space for at least 2 internal hard drives. And customer support gives me inconsistant answers...
Any Ideas?
This whole thing would not be an issue if the new 3000 Dimension supports a second internal drive...
Now the think I find confusing is the technical specifications, whichs say:
Internally accessible:
one bay for 1-inch-high IDE hard drives
HOWEVER:
System board connectors:
Primary IDE drive
40-pin connector on PCI local bus
Secondary IDE drive
40-pin connector on PCI local bus
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dim3000/en/SM/specs.htm#wp1075944
Maybe the secondary is the cd rom, and I have to use master/slave, should I want more than one cd rom or hard drive...
I never heard of a computer not having space for at least 2 internal hard drives. And customer support gives me inconsistant answers...
Any Ideas?
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The price vs. quality...
free shipping
10% off
Flat panel upgrade
Memory upgrade (1/2 gig)
Windows XP Pro.
All far about 600 bucks
For day to day use, isn't having integrated graphics and sound more efficient, or would video capture suffer?
free shipping
10% off
Flat panel upgrade
Memory upgrade (1/2 gig)
Windows XP Pro.
All far about 600 bucks
For day to day use, isn't having integrated graphics and sound more efficient, or would video capture suffer?
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I don't think Dimension 3000 is capable of holding 2 HDD's...
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Gee, I wonder, even if it doesn't have spot for a second drive, could I squeeze it in the box some how?
Even if it doesn't have a place on the motherboard for it to plug in, I can use a promise card, and squeeze it in the box (won't be very nice and organized, but I am not going to open the box anyway...)
Should work, should it not?
(Promise card is used to plug in to the pci slot and give extra connections for ide drives, i think...)