Hi, I just put in one of my Windows 7 Installation Discs into my father's old Dell Dimension 2400, which is designed for Windows XP. I used Gparted to Dump all the old bogged data and reformat into one NTFS partition. When I restart with the Windows 7 Disc inside, F12 to boot menu, IDE CD DRIVE, i get the message: STRIKE F1 TO RETRY BOOT, PRESS F2 FOR SETUP UTILITY.
F1 Repeats the message
F2 takes me to BIOS Setup.
There's a 50% chance the CD Drive is not the original but if it's not i can replace it with the original.
I am pretty sure i can start Windows XP Setup but Do Not Want.
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Microprocessor
Microprocessor type
Intel® Pentium® 4 that runs at 2.2 or 2.4 GHz internally and 400 MHz externally, or 2.266, 2.4, 2.53, 2.66, 2.8, or 3.06 GHz internally and 533 MHz externally.
L1 cache
8 KB first-level (Pentium 4 and Celeron).
L2 cache
256- or 512-KB (displayed in the system setup program) pipelined-burst, eight-way set associative, write-back SRAM (Pentium 4);
128-KB SRAM that resides in the processor's core. The L2 cache runs at the processor's internal clock speed (Celeron).
System Information
System chip set
Intel 845GV
DMA channels
eight
Interrupt levels
24 APIC mode
System BIOS chip
4 MB (512 KB)
System clock
400- or 533-MHz data rate
Expansion Bus
Bus types
PCI
Bus speed
PCI: 33 MHz
PCI connectors
three
PCI connector size
120 pins
PCI connector data width
(maximum)
32 bits
Memory
Architecture
DDR SDRAM
Memory connectors
two
Memory capacities
128-, 256-, or 512-MB
Minimum memory
128 MB shared DDR SDRAM
NOTE: Between 32 and 64 MB of system memory may be allocated to support graphics, depending on system memory size and other factors.
Maximum memory
2 GB
Memory type
PC2100 (266-MHz) or PC2700 (333-MHz) DDR SDRAM (non-ECC)
Drives
Externally accessible
two 5.25-inch bays
one 3.5-inch bay
Internally accessible
one bay for 1-inch–high IDE hard drive
Ports and Connectors
Externally accessible:
Serial
9-pin connector; 16550C-compatible
Parallel
25-hole connector (bidirectional)
Video
15-hole connector
Keyboard
6-pin mini-DIN connector
Mouse
6-pin mini-DIN connector
USB
two front-panel and four back-panel USB 2.0–compliant connectors
Network
RJ-45 connector
Audio
three back miniature connectors for line-in, line-out, and microphone
Headphone
one front miniature connector for line-out
Internally accessible:
Primary IDE channel
40-pin connector on PCI local bus
Secondary IDE channel
40-pin connector on PCI local bus
Floppy drive (optional)
34-pin connector
Video
Video controller
integrated Intel 3D Extreme Graphics
Audio
Audio controller
integrated audio
Network
Network controller
integrated 10/100 Ethernet
Controls and Lights
Power control
push button
Front-panel power light
solid green for power-on state; blinking green for standby state
Hard-drive access light
green
Power
DC power supply:
Wattage
200 W or 250 W
Heat dissipation
682 or 853 BTU (fully-loaded computer without monitor)
Voltage (see your Owner's Manual for
important voltage setting information)
100 to 120 V at 60 Hz; 200 to 240 V at 50 Hz
Backup battery
3-V CR2032 coin cell
Physical
Height x Width x Depth
36.8 x 18.4 x 42.6 cm
(14.5 x 7.25 x 16.75 inches)
Weight
10.4 kg (23 lb)
Environmental
Temperature:
Operating
10º to 35ºC (50º to 95ºF)
NOTE: At 35°C (95°F), the maximum operating altitude is 914 m (3000 ft).
Storage
–40º to 65ºC (–40º to 149ºF)
Relative humidity
20% to 80% (noncondensing)
Maximum vibration:
Operating
0.25 G at 3 to 200 Hz
Storage
2.20 Grms at 10 to 500 Hz
Maximum shock:
Nonoperating (half-sine pulse)
105 G, 2 ms
Nonoperating (faired-square wave)
32 G with a velocity change of 596.9 cm/sec
(235 inches/sec)
Altitude:
Operating
–15.2 to 3048 m (–50 to 10,000 ft)
NOTE: At 35°C (95°F), the maximum operating altitude is 914 m (3000 ft).
Storage
–15.2 to 10,670 m (–50 to 35,000 ft)
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Please help me Figure out how to install windows 7.
like you said "which is designed for Windows XP"
so keep it that way. windows 7 wont work that good on such an old computer. i tried putting it on my old 2400 and it was horrible.
The 2400's need XP to survive, or a really light-weight form of Linux.
[QUOTE=mark6789;24320934]like you said "which is designed for Windows XP"
so keep it that way. windows 7 wont work that good on such an old computer. i tried putting it on my old 2400 and it was horrible.[/QUOTE]
My old TOSHIBA Satellite was designed for XP and it installed Windows 7 just fine :raise:
[QUOTE=Pixel Heart;24324232]The 2400's need XP to survive, or a really light-weight form of Linux.[/QUOTE]
oh
The reason being because the 2400's are Pentium 4s, which don't run Win7 too well, and they usually came with 256MB~512MB DDR333 or DDR400, and integrated Intel video. Makes gaming impossible, but Windows XP can run fine, especially when customized with nLite for a smaller overall footprint.
I'm running a Dell Dimension 2400 with only 320MB DDR400, and it runs very snappy with only nLited XP Pro, Google Chrome, and Word 2010 installed. :buddy:
It cant find anything to boot from go in to your bios and set your cd as the first boot device.
On your specs i think you'll be fine. Windows 7 ran fine for me (running a 2.2ghz AMD and 750mb ram)
(Some Really old PC's are unable to boot from DVD's)
You're using a ~7-year-old computer. Get something actually capable of running 7. If it actually worked it would probably be slow as fuck.
Upgrade the RAM to a gigabyte or more and it should run it, though probably not very well.
I don't think such a dated computer would work banshee mang.
By the way gfx card is watching you from inside your ceiling fan.
[quote]dell[/quote]
Found your problem.
Actually, to be honest.. I had windows 7 on a dell dimension 4200 before. I had to reformat though because of compatibility issues. But it did work. Heres a number one reason your cd will not work. Boot files. The disk you have is not a fresh installation disk. It requires windows or another operating system installed first to run. I know because i install software, hardware, and Os's for a living. And yes, Dell is a POS. Get a custom built pc. It will be so much better.
I'm running Windows 7 on my old Dimension 2400, although I did upgrade the RAM to 1GB a couple of years ago.
The graphics drivers wouldn't install untill I took the chance of running the intstaller in compatibility mode. It worked :v:
The graphics card doesn't support Aero either, and you're stuck with either classic or the not so good looking Windows 7 basic theme, although I found a nice black basic theme and overwrite the basic one, so it's not so bad.
Performance wise it's a bit choppy, but does the job.
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