Upgrading Dell

rowie4life · Post by **rowie4life** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 3:48 am

Well my mate needs a new DVD writer for his Dell dimension 3000 and I said I’d get it for him, but I’ve read that dell have compatibility problems, Will any DVD writer work?

BrandonB · Post by **BrandonB** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 5:05 am

[quote="rowie4life"]Well my mate needs a new DVD writer for his Dell dimension 3000 and I said I&#8217]

I would assume so, see what interface he uses and then get a writer with the same interface (IDE or SATA). Someone here more knowlegable about dell compatibility might know more.

*edit*

I've never seen an SATA optical drive, but you never know.

Izzo · Post by **Izzo** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 9:07 am

Yep, it'll work. The compatibility issues arise when PSU/Case/Motherboard problems happen.

Rivas · Post by **Rivas** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 1:57 am

I wouldnt but dell or hp pc anymore,i did once 8 years ago and never ever again lol
I was just looking what they are offering to people,"back to school sale" what a garbage

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 2:11 am

You can configure decent stuff on hp.com, but the premade choices do suck.

Rivas · Post by **Rivas** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 3:37 am

YARDofSTUF wrote:You can configure decent stuff on hp.com, but the premade choices do suck.

Yah they do.
I was pissed when i bought win95 or 98 cant really remember for it and when i assembled my own computer later on the original cd didnt work of course,it was working only on that HP computer.Kinda sux.