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Did some searching and found that Dell switched over to traditional ATX power supply pins/connecters in 2002 or so. Standard ATX power supplies can be used in my Dimm 8200 series comp., with some minor case modifications. Also found this information for the 250w power supply, Output Voltage...

very good question as I just found this nugget of information, http://165.193.123.52/articles/upgrade3_01_01.asp me thinks im screwed

It is a P4 1.7

Wow, says I need a minimum 350 watt supply.

Not sure of the make, it is part of a Dell (I know) system. Have a cd-rom, cd-rw, 160gb HD, and a 30gb HD installed also sound card and network card.

I just ordered an ATI 9800pro 128mb vid card (still waiting for it to arrive) and was reading on another site that this card requires a 300 watt power supply for its power connection. Problem is, I dont have a 300 watt power supply, mine is only 250 watts. Site where I ordered from did not say...

This is normal?

Finally got entire drive recognised (partition magic). It shows 152GB = 163,913,573,888 bytes. Now im concerned about the noise it makes, is it normal for a drive to fairly noisy when it is in use. Kinda sounds like gravel in it.

Thanks guys Was hoping there was a cheaper (free) fix, as partion magic is about $70.00us, which seems like a lot of money for a program I am going to use once or twice. Oh well, guess I gotta do what I gotta do. Thanks again

I have already checked out the micresoft knowledge base and applied there fix. The problem is I think when I originally formatted the HD and only allocated/formatted ~137gb cause thats all that showed up. Any way I can reformat the remaining drive without losing everything?

Not sure if this has been asked ( I did a search but could not find) so I will ask. I just installed a 160 GB drive but XP refuses to recognise anything over 137 GB. I installed SP1 and followed the manufacturers directions but still no go. What can I do to fix this. Any help or direction...