So to my complete surprise last night I found this sealed up in a box in my attic after 15-20 years. A Dell XPS R400. My goal is to totally restore it. I forgot I had 2 of them. I plan on replacing this case with the upgraded Tualatin CPU/440 BX. IIRC I have the 13 GB HDD somewhere. If not I'll have to either dig up the Windows 98 CD. Or maybe score a 98 SE CD. It has no CD reader or disk drive but I can strip it from an old Dell 4300 if need be. To my surprise 4 wires from the PSU are cut. Don't recall why or what they were going too. Don't know what the vid card is. Could be an old Nvidia. And looks like it has a sound card along with a modem card. Between the two BX motherboards it appears I have plenty of RAM.
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Restoration of Dell XPS R400/440BX/1.4 Ghz PL-iP3/T Tualatin
- Thread starter Rob94hawk
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| System Name | ATLAS |
|---|---|
| Processor | Intel Core i7-4770 (4C/8T) Haswell |
| Motherboard | GA-Z87X-UD5H , Dual Intel LAN, 10x SATA, 16x Power phace. |
| Cooling | ProlimaTech Armageddon - Dual GELID 140 Silent PWM |
| Memory | Mushkin Blackline DDR3 2400 997123F 16GB |
| Video Card(s) | MSI GTX1060 OC 6GB (single fan) Micron |
| Storage | WD Raptors 73Gb - Raid1 10.000rpm |
| Display(s) | DELL U2311H |
| Case | HEC Compucase CI-6919 Full tower (2003) moded .. hec-group.com.tw |
| Audio Device(s) | Creative X-Fi Music + mods, Audigy front Panel - YAMAHA quad speakers with Sub. |
| Power Supply | HPU-4M780-PE refurbished 23-3-2022 |
| Mouse | MS Pro IntelliMouse 16.000 Dpi Pixart Paw 3389 |
| Keyboard | Microsoft Wired 600 |
| Software | Win 7 Pro x64 ( Retail Box ) for EU |
I will simply correct your calendar, your find this is 22 years old.
If the CPU was a Celeron 226 MHz then the calendar it should point 23 years ago.
Back then we was OC the Celeron 226 up to 466 MHz, and a Voodoo 2 this will do the 3D work.
Nice find thanks for the memories!
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2x128mb sticks, bet they weren't cheap when new
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| System Name | Budget Box |
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| Processor | Xeon E5-2667v2 |
| Motherboard | ASUS P9X79 Pro |
| Cooling | Some cheap tower cooler, I dunno |
| Memory | 32GB 1866-DDR3 ECC |
| Video Card(s) | XFX RX 5600XT |
| Storage | WD NVME 1GB |
| Display(s) | ASUS Pro Art 27" |
| Case | Antec P7 Neo |
Ah, Maxtor. That was my go-to brand back then. They ran hot, but were a good value. I actually still have a 520MB IDE Maxtor drive in the basement. No telling how many fresh installs of Windows I had put on it! 
Ah, Maxtor. That was my go-to brand back then. They ran hot, but were a good value. I actually still have a 520MB IDE Maxtor drive in the basement. No telling how many fresh installs of Windows I had put on it!
It thrashes loud too! From the icons you can tell my kids were on this rig a lot lol! Winamp! Napster ‘was’ on it till everyone started getting fined by the music association. But the only reason I didn’t get dinged was because I was still on dial-up.
My playlist is still on there however....
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| System Name | Budget Box |
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| Processor | Xeon E5-2667v2 |
| Motherboard | ASUS P9X79 Pro |
| Cooling | Some cheap tower cooler, I dunno |
| Memory | 32GB 1866-DDR3 ECC |
| Video Card(s) | XFX RX 5600XT |
| Storage | WD NVME 1GB |
| Display(s) | ASUS Pro Art 27" |
| Case | Antec P7 Neo |
That was one of my favorite versions of the IE icon too!It thrashes loud too! From the icons you can tell my kids were on this rig a lot lol! Winamp! Napster ‘was’ on it till everyone started getting fined by the music association. But the only reason I didn’t get dinged was because I was still on dial-up.
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Hi, does anybody here have the recovery cd for this pc?
I'm looking to reinstall the original OS on mine, but I can't find an image anywhere.
If anyone has a disc for it, please image it and send me the link. Thanks!
I'm looking to reinstall the original OS on mine, but I can't find an image anywhere.
If anyone has a disc for it, please image it and send me the link. Thanks!