Dell Dimension 2400 £155.16 inc vat/del now £212

uncle_buck_3

....Didn't get a floppy drive with mine because I use a USB memory stick and this worked perfectly with this PC....

Hi,
could you tell me if there is space to fit a floppy drive on your 3000 & does it have the slot on the front that the disk would fit through?

Thanks for any advice, UB.

jema_2

hi
having ordered one of these, & had it delivered to my parents ho. , they've decided to go hi-tech & want a flat screen, 2 questions ...pls
what features do i look for, ie i havent a clue what refresh rate is good or not etc?

2 - any dell codes available for screens , or other source recomendations
thanks

Wolfylee

I saw one the other day here

http://www.blankdiscshop.co.uk/acatalog/SVP_Communications_Special_Offers_15.html

Its a 17" TFT, 2 years warranty, 16ms response time, 0.264 dot pitch 450:1 ratio.

Its a good screen - 165 pounds, - I bought one of those 15" Aldi ones the other day for 130 quid and sort of regret it after seeing this.

Wolfylee

Hi,
could you tell me if there is space to fit a floppy drive on your 3000 & does it have the slot on the front that the disk would fit through?

Thanks for any advice, UB.

My old man ordered one of these and he phoned up CS, who told him there wasn't a bay for a floppy drive. Floppy Drive was an option before ordering so I'm baffled at this. You can get USB floppys for about 10-15 quid though.

GDB2222

My old man ordered one of these and he phoned up CS, who told him there wasn't a bay for a floppy drive.  Floppy Drive was an option before ordering so I'm baffled at this.  You can get USB floppys for about 10-15 quid though.

It's not practical to fit your own floppy drive on these. There is no problem about the hole in the front, as you just need to unclip a bit of plastic covering this. The problem is that Dell do not supply a mounting bracket, so there is just a hole with nowhere to screw the floppy drive in. Sourcing a bracket is very expensive.

The short answer is that, if you want a floppy drive, specify that when you order the machine, and pay Dell's rather extortionate £20 + VAT for it.

The other possibility, as Wolfey said, is a USB floppy drive, but then you have the thing lying around.

debs626

To save a lot of hassel and messing around trying to find brackets why not buy a new case or use your old one if you want to put extra drives in your new dell machine, thats what I will be doing.

Dr_Robert

I bought some floppy drive brackets from here.

http://stores.ebay.com/Cameron-Electronic_W0QQcolZ2QQdirZQ2d1QQdptZ0QQsclZallQQsojsZ0QQsotimedisplayZ2QQtZkm

Delivery to the UK was $7.50 for 1
I had 4 delivered for $9