ABOUT:For your consideration is another piece from my personal collection of retro gaming systems, a maxed-out Y2K-era Dell Dimension tower, packed with all the gaming accessories a competitive Unreal Tournament or Medal of Honor: Allied Assault player would have loved in high school during 2000/2001! This tower has no hard drive, but is otherwise complete with killer Radeon 9800 GPU and a nicely-configured Sound Blaster live card. This PC is ready to configure into your deeam Win98/2k/Me(but why)/XP gaming battlestation!Please remember that, while I am a retro tech enthusiast, I am not an expert on the specifics of any given piece of retro technology. Some small components may be missing that I am not familiar with, so please ask any questions BEFORE offerding. This is a piece of 1990's technology that is incomplete, and offerding on it constitutes an interest to tinker with the understanding of nearly guaranteed random hardware issues and unexpected hurdles common to retro Y2K-era Dell Dimension 4100• Intel Pentium III- 1.0ghz CPU with passive heatsink and functional exhaust fan• 512MB PC-133 SD-RAM (2x 256)
• 3.5" floppy (tested working)• IDE CD-RW (tested to boot a Windows XP CD)• No hard drive installed, but IDE ribbon cable is included
• ATI Radeon 9800 PRO 128MB AGP GPU w/ 4-pin Molex supplemental power• SoundBlaster CT4620 Live PCI sound card w/ CT4660 SPDIF & MIDI breakout (uses a LiveDrive ribbon cable)• 10/1200 PCI LAN card installed• Plastic Dell chassis in very good cosmetic condition• NEW CR2032 CMOS battery installed• A period-correct Dell x Microsoft "Internet Keyboard" rubber dome keyboard is included!• A period-correct Logitech mouse man USB optical scroll mouse is included!• A matching beige C13 power cable is PC was lightly dusted and cleaned- it retains a bit of dust here and there but is inoverall clean condition considering the age. This unit did originally have a hard drive that was removed by the original owner, but retains its floppy drive and spare IDE cable. A new CR2032 CMOS battery was fitted.The PC has very low UV yellowing compared to similar pieces of this age. The PC chassis itself is clean with no heavy dust, no bugs or spiders, and no drop or abuse damage. Keyboard has been cleaned with isopropyl so it can be used immediately, it has some additional light cosmetic grime that might call for detail cleaning.
NOTE: The Radeon 9800 has heavy grime and dirt build-up in the fan (see photo). The fan surprisingly still spins up without heavy bearing noise. The card was allowed to run for 1 hour to ensure functionality, but let it be known that these vintage Pro-class Radeons will all eventually need new electrolytic capacitors.
TESTING:This PC has been tested with a standard DVI 1080P LCD monitor and was able to power on, POST, and enter the BIOS. The internal floppy was tested to successfully boot a WinXP is a used,barebones, vintage PC that is offered ASIS for enthusiastrebuild or collecting. It is not a modern computer and will require tinkering to findcompatiblecomponents and get it fully functioning. I am offering this unit to another enthusiast with theunderstanding that the buyer is willing toundertake responsibility for the many repair and maintenance variables that come with antique computer components including such delicate tasks as floppy drive reconditioning and capacitor replacement. Due to the weight, this unit cannot ship to a PO Box, APO, or FPO.
