"Apollo" wrote in message
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Hi there,

I have been offered an old dell optiplex, P3 600MHz slot 1 with a small
HD, 2GB from memory, maybe slightly bigger.

I'm after some advice on fitting a larger HD, to use as a media server.
The service tag is; IYA1T, shipped 7/4/2000, but I just seem to be going
around in circles on the dell site and can't find any info on HD sizes. I
don't have the box here yet, so I can't give much more info at the moment.

I'm not after anything huge, around the 40GB mark will probably do. Will
I see all of a drive this size or am I looking at a 32GB (or even lower)
limit, bios is original and it's running NT4.

Thanks,

Ian
Isn't coincidence a strange thing. I have just fitted a 40gb hard drive in
an identical machine and it works a treat. I only found one problem
throughout the entire job and that was down to the graphics adapter. It
seems to be fussy about which monitor it works with. All four were bog
standard SVGA, it worked with two but not with the other two. I also found
it one of the easiest machines in which to fit a drive. Undo one screw and
the drive holder lifts and swings right out.

Keith
(If you can't laugh at life, it ain't worth living!)