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Got a Dell Dimension XPS D333 in the mail yesterday. Spent some time cleaning it up and removing scratches, marks, etc. with a magic eraser + isopropyl alcohol. I probably won't retrobright anything except maybe the 5.25" and 3.5" blanks. The only issue it had was when I first booted it would report itself as a D233 233MHz Pentium II. Had to set the BIOS jumper to configuration and then change it in BIOS to 333MHz. Now the processor runs as intended. Here are some pictures and specs!
From 1998... specs are as follows:
Intel Pentium II 333MHz Slot 1 Processor
384MB RAM (max)
3.5" floppy drive
CD-ROM drive
ATI 3D Rage Pro Turbo 8MB AGP video card
3COM 3C905B-TX PCI ethernet card
Turtle Beach Montego Aureal AU8820 A3D PCI sound card
Creative Sound Blaster AWE64 CT4500 ISA sound card
Adaptec 39160 PCI SCSI card
Maxtor 90432D2 4.3GB 5400RPM IDE hard drive
Seagate Barracuda ST32550W 2.15GB 7200RPM 68-pin SCSI hard drive
PS/2 ports
2xUSB 1.1 ports
Parallel port
Serial port
2xGameports
VGA
Audio in/out jacks
Ethernet
Meticulously cleaned inside and out!
dem rear ports... According to the service tag, ship date was August 31, 1998
The guts
Had to get a bit creative with that Seagate SCSI drive since it runs very hot. It should have a fan blowing on it, so I screwed a 92mm fan in the 2nd HD bay.
Blurry close look at the CT4500
dat Barracuda
ATI Rage Pro Turbo AGP video card
3COM 3C905B-TX PCI network card
Turtle Beach Montego A3D PCI sound card with Aureal AU8820 chip
Creative Sound Blaster AWE64 CT4500 ISA sound card
Adaptec 39160 SCSI card
Seagate Barracuda ST32550W 2.15GB 7200RPM 68-pin SCSI hard drive
Pretty busy there
This drive is so damn cool.
Maxtor 90432D2 4.3GB 5400RPM IDE hard drive
It's ALIVE!
Logitech MouseMan+ PS/2 mouse M-CW47
IBM Model M keyboard made by Lexmark part # 52G9658
Boot screen
MS-DOS 6.22 on the SCSI drive
NSSI System info
DOSSHELL
Installing Norton Commander
NC in action
Defragging
What's a DOS PC without DOOM?
IRC in DOS
Windows for Workgroups 3.11 runs like a charm.
Windows 95 on the IDE hard drive!
AIDA32 system info
HP Z420 Workstation Intel Xeon E5-1620, 32GB, RADEON HD7850 2GB, SSD + HD, XP/7