I have an old 486 mobo. the only number i see on

that can not be the boards number look in the pci slot or cpu area for number of board then go to intel support web site type in board numbers then download drivers then install one by one ok

Sure you can do that...as long as you have enough sata power adapters instead of molex. If u dont, there are adapters that take molex to sata and you can get them cheap at a repair shop

your operating system is might corrupt or maybe the configuration of *********** board is not compatible with your old settings try to reformat your hard drive and make sure to follow the instruction in installing your operating system thats the best solution a can give to your problem i hope this can help

Well the official Dell manual can be found on their website here. I don't know if this helps or not, but I hope it does! :)

Hi,
On the Dell board, the
CORRECT pinout for J8H1 is as follows:

1-3: HD LED (#1 is +)
2-4: PWR LED (#2 is +)
5-7: PWR ON/OFF
6-8: RESET
5,16: +5V
10,11,14,15: not connected
12,13: GND


Regards.

all motherboards have a size known as "form factor"

*********** baord is Micro ATX,

youll have to buy a case that can fit that motherboard in or buy another motherboard that will fit in your case, youll have to find out your dell model number to find the form factor, easiest way would be search your old motherboard number

It appears to support either PC2700 or PC3200 DDR memory. (The PC3200 is faster).

No, don't automatically assume the mobo is broken. Look closely at all the pins. There should be a 4x2 rectangle of pins, maybe coloured. They'll say things like 'PWR-SWTCH' and 'çPU-LIGHT'
Connect those up, and your mobo manual should have specific details on what goes where.

This are the compatible RAM for this mobo :Support for DDR 400, DDR 333, and DDR 266 and you can upgrade up to 4GIG or RAM this is the complete specs for this mobo http://www.gearxs.com/gearxs/product_info.php?products_id=8076

Hope that helps..........