2003 Billy has the same energy as the present day one! I think my first experience with a computer (a Packard Bell, nonetheless) was that year, or maybe 2004. Back to the present, I would suggest replacing that IDE cable with an 80 wire one (why did they even supply a 40 wire cable in 2003???) and enable UDMA, it could help performance.
Nice upgrade and I'll admit I do love SSDs in older PCs, just a heads up you might want to get yourself a "ORICO 2.5 to 3.5 Inch HDD SSD Mounting Bracket" (Might be an OEM design I bet) so the smaller drive fits in the hard drive slot you removed. I used one for an original Xbox when installing a new hard drive in one last year. Saved me having to tape it down or something and looked far more elegant than it flopping around assuming the IDE adaptor you used will work with it.
This is very interesting. I think I mentioned it before, but the front end of the Dell Dimension 2350 in this video looks similar to my Dell OptiPlex GX260 PC with Windows XP Professional SP2 on it. Both Dell computers look cool!
almost the same, only difference really is that the 2400 has the i845GV chipset instead of i845GL, and supports 533MHz FSB processors whereas the 2350 only does 400MHz FSB. Aside from that the BIOSes might be slightly different, and from what I recall when I had a 2350, it didn’t support USB booting. the 2400 should support USB booting though.
I’d get a sata to IDE adapter for my iBook but the lack of startech adapters for reasonable prices and others being so questionable comparability I just installed a new old stock Samsung HDD 5400rpm and enjoy the space and it’s fast enough.
Nice to see the Dell Dimension 2350 again. I miss my Dimension 4600 which I had used for over eight years (2003-2011). I even got that computer back when it was new. That home video clip at the end also suprised me how much your voice has changed. Also got a good laugh out of the "World's Smallest Computer" and "Laptop" at the end playing the AOL "You Got Mail" sound clips.
HI computer this age is very lucky i have amd k6 it still on the same window 98 8 track audio editer recorder it was used in london at itv 1 of 2 there's a scsi set up in side the unit looks like a akai dd8 unit not far of i payed very small money for it the post was more than the unit note the mum pcb is not 100% working it boots up the bio boot doe's not work right it will not change it was sitting for a long time
You and I are the same, this is the machine I learned how to install windows on. Windows XP. I had a lot of viruses and figured reinstalling windows would work, it was just a guess and it worked, then I learned what drivers were 😅 I now build PCs and mod consoles, my dimension 2400 is how I would ftp halo 1 and 2 mods to a modified Xbox. And it ran Mac OS X tiger!
