Top 20 Dell Dimension 2400 PC Desktop Questions & Answers

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

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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

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.

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

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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,

http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/desktop/f/3514/t/18377638 HOPE THIS CAN GIVE YOU SAME HELP. READ CARFULY.

If you only changed the menu you should be able to change it back the same way. If important files have been deleted you may be able to sort it out with a repair disc other wise a complete reinstall may be required.

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most front panel connectors with a 4 x 5 pin configuration are intel compliant, and are all the same. The "nine" pin is missing, and is the "KEY" to orientation, no matter which way the pins are situated on the board. 1 3 5 7 X 2 4 6 8 10 1= HDD LED+, usually green 3= HDD-, usually white or black 2= PWR LED+, usually red 4= PWR LED-, white or black These are polarity specific, and must be connected to the proper + and - terminals to work properly 5= RESET 7= RESET 9 is missing, can be used to determine location of other pins 6= PWR 8= PWR Thes are momentary contact pins, can't get them backwards Pins 6 and 10 are jumped together in the Dimension 2400.

They are just 2 of the 5 '4-pin' molex power connectors. They are used to power the old PATA-style (and some SATA,) Hard drives and CD/DVD Optical Drives. Many additional Cooling Fans will also have 2 power connections, one for the 3-pin motherboard and one 4-pin Molex, either one may be used to power the fan. If you have already connected your Hard drive and Optical drive and do not have any additional fans or Secondary Hard drives or Optical drives.....they should be 'tied-off' with a twisty and tucked away somewhere so as not to interfere with airflow throughout the case.

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Here's what others have tried. I like the jumper and cmos and enable/disable portions Posted bylesleymillar on 11 Oct 2009 8:00 AM Just fitted a new PCI graphics card (Radeon 9200) in my 4 year old Dimension 2400. The only way I can get it to work is to have both it and the on-board graphics chip running together - done this by selecting the Radeon as the default display and by not having the Windows desktop run over onto the Intel display. Problem: If I disable the on-board graphics chip as per the fitting instructions and then set my Bios to auto select, the computer boots and is active but all I get is a blank screen regardless of which output the monitor is connected to. Also, as I have the Radeon as the default display in Windows I don't see anything (no Dell boot screen, etc) when I switch my machine on until Windows log on screen as I have to have the Bios set to 'On-board' in the graphics option otherwise the aforementioned problem persists. Has anyone else encountered this problem, and if yes, has anyone managed to overcome it i.e. successfully disabled the on-board chip? Unfortunately there is no Bios upgrade from Dell that allows a user to select either auto, on-board AND PCI - the last one being ideal it would seem! {count}" data-configuration="Format=%3Cspan%20class%3D%22count%22%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22icon%22%3E%3C%2Fspan%3E%7Bcount%7D%3C%2Fspan%3E">0

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• Posted byrdunnill on 11 Oct 2009 4:58 PMI just configured a 2350 with a PCI card (Sparkle 8400GS), and I left the BIOS setting at auto-select. (I could find no way to disable the onboard graphics.) I found that if Windows installed a driver for the onboard graphics before the PCI video, the onboard graphics were used for the default monitor. Thus, I got no image from the PCI video. I connected a second cable to a spare DSUB port on the monitor to the onboard graphics and switched inputs until I got video. Then I downloaded the appropriate video driver for the onboard graphics, installed, and rebooted. Upon reboot, I switched the default monitor from the onboard graphics to the PCI video, after which I could remove the second video cable. Hope that helps! {count}" data-configuration="Format=%3Cspan%20class%3D%22count%22%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22icon%22%3E%3C%2Fspan%3E%7Bcount%7D%3C%2Fspan%3E">0
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• Posted byJackShack on 11 Oct 2009 6:32 PMSome additional information that may be helpful: 1. The Dimension 2400 uses an on-board AGP graphics chip that cannot be disabled in hardware. It shares the interrupt for the first PCI slot which can give you trouble if you decide to place your add-on PCI graphics card in slot 1. My own add-on card wound up in slot 3, so it might be helpful to switch to another slot before giving up. 2. If you do have your card in slot 1, try resetting the NVRAM (CMOS) by removing the battery for about five minutes. You can find instructions for that here: Dimension 2400 Service Manual. Look in the section on Removing and Installing Parts, Battery. While the battery is out and everything still unplugged, push the power button and hold it in for about fifteen seconds to ensure the discharge of any storage elements. When you put the battery back in its holder and fire everything up again, the computer will take a new inventory of its devices and will sometimes finally find the PCI video card. 3. This next you've probably seen, but it bears repeating: Before attempting to install the new card, go to the Device Manager, Display Devices, and find the Intel Graphics Adapter. Double click it to bring up its properties, go to the bottom of the little window to Device Usage, and click the small arrow on the right to get the menu. Select "Do Not Use This Device - Disable". This will disable the onboard driver and cause the computer to load the standard VGA driver that works with all the video cards. Sometimes the reason you see nothing on the add-on card is that Windows is still trying to use the driver for its previous video adapter which is incompatible with the new card. Dell Forum member since 2005 {count}" data-configuration="Format=%3Cspan%20class%3D%22count%22%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22icon%22%3E%3C%2Fspan%3E%7Bcount%7D%3C%2Fspan%3E">0
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• Posted byrdunnill on 11 Oct 2009 7:40 PMIt might help to disable the onboard video in Vista, as ATI drivers can clash with it and cause BSODs. Under XP it'll co-exist. There is a jumper on the mainboard for clearing the CMOS. It is marked as such, and the manual will point it out. The default Windows driver for the add-on card will work, but without acceleration and with a very low resolution. Also, if Windows installs the driver for the onboard graphics first, it will mark the onboard graphics as the primary display. {count}" data-configuration="Format=%3Cspan%20class%3D%22count%22%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22icon%22%3E%3C%2Fspan%3E%7Bcount%7D%3C%2Fspan%3E">0
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• Posted byJackShack on 11 Oct 2009 9:10 PMYes, I neglected to mention that if you get the card to work in the VGA mode you should be able to install the specific driver for the card. In the past I have recommended that no attempt be made to load the driver for the card until a VGA screen can be displayed. Granted there is usually no conflict if the onboard driver is left in place; the problem arises when the BIOS sort of recognizes the new card but for some reason Windows fails to find a driver for it. In this situation you get video from neither the onboard port or the PCI video card port. This seems to happen a lot if the card is installed into slot 1. In the past I've corresponded with folks who seem to be able to get the card to work only by using the Windows multi-monitor capability; extending the screen onto the video card. The only irritation with this is that you get no video until Windows loads, so if you want to see the system setup screen you need to switch ports. Naturally I realize that a jumper is there and is supposed to work, but removing the back-up cell makes certain that the NVRAM will be cleared. Dell Forum member since 2005 {count}" data-configuration="Format=%3Cspan%20class%3D%22count%22%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22icon%22%3E%3C%2Fspan%3E%7Bcount%7D%3C%2Fspan%3E">0
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• Posted byrdunnill on 11 Oct 2009 10:40 PMThe jumper definitely works, as I used it last week several times in dealing with a recalcitrant 2350. Windows should find a driver for any VGA-compatible card; it'll be a default VGA driver. However, if Windows can find the driver for the onboard video, it will use that as the primary video, regardless if they are connected or not, and the user will get no video from the PCI card. I had this problem with the 2350, and had to temporarily install a VGA cable to connect the onboard video; after installing the drivers for the PCI card, I'd switch the primary monitor to it and all would be fine. When I installed Vista on the 2350, I experienced BSODs on startup until I disabled the onboard video. I am not sure if this happens with nVidia cards as well as ATI ones. I tried two cards with the 2350: an expensive HIS 4350 ATI and a much cheaper Sparkle 8400GS. The 4350 worked, but did not accelerate video playback (ATI said they did not support it over the PCI bus), so I RMA'ed it. The 8400GS installed without incident and worked perfectly and accelerates both standard and high-def video. Both cards were installed in slot 3.

Industry standard PC, XT, AT, and LPX motherboards use the same type of main power supply connectors. They use two main power connectors: P8 and P9. Each of the P8 and P9 connectors has 6 pins that connect power supply to the motherboard.

It appears that icebox has gone out of business. The ct04 is supposed to automatically update every night at 2am on whichever day you first activated it. You can also do this manually, and I put directions how to at the end, but if they are closed the servers that these updates come from are probably no longer working. There is a third way of updating. Their manual states that some updates were issued on CDs. So you might be able to find one of the later updates this way, keeping in mind that they almost certainly won't be very current. To manually update. 1. In internet mode, press options and select internet options. 2. From the internet options menu, select Updates. 3. Choose the Check For Updates button. 4. After it checks for updates choose the Update Now Button. It will then download and install the update. After it restarts you will see a Update Complete message. Click OK. To update by CD. 1. Insert the Update disc. 2. The system will display update information. Choose the Update Now button. 3. When finished it will display the Update Complete message, choose OK. Good luck.

It's idle because you're not printing anything. send something to print, and the status should change.

can you post the service tag number here so that I can check the full specifications of your Dell.?

double check the cables at the back of the monitor if they're properly connected and also the other end of the monitor cable at the back of the computer make sure it is connected to the video card or graphics adapter

I have never seen a desk top that has a "button" for wifi. If it has a wireless wifi adapter or card installed you would go to the lower right of your desktop where you would see a wifi ICON probably next to your volumn control. Clk on that and the wifi available should show there. The icon would look like a progressively smaller to larger group of 5 vertical bars. Ask anyone with a laptop theo help you. I’m happy to help further over the phone at https://www.6ya.com/expert/wynn_5ba0205233ebfc15