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October 11th, 2003 11:00
General Optiplex Questions
I am trying to get an Optiplex GX110 running, which belongs to a friend, who knows even less about computers than I do. He purchased the unit from a now bankrupt dot.com company. There is only a small chance we could find the system administrator who supported this unit, but that is what we may have to do, considering whether we can get answers to the following questions.
1. As I was cleaning the unit, I noticed a small snap-in cable which is attached at one end to the Soundblaster card at a point labeled "CD-IN." The other end is not attached, and I don't see any spot attach it to. I have not been able to boot the system up yet, so I don't know if the speakers work or not. Is this a "spare" cable or does it need to be plugged in somewhere?
2. I cannot boot the system up beyond the password requirement, because I do not know the password, and neither does my friend. The system is running Windows 2000. What are the options here?
3. All of the software shipped with the computer appears to be missing. If I give Dell the tag number of the unit, can I purchase it? If so, about how much will the cost be?
4. The unit has a video card labeled "NVIDEA 180-P0002-0000-B01. How can I find out what the technical specs on this card are?
Thanks for any information anyone can provide.
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speedstep
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October 11th, 2003 13:00
2. Try control alt delete 2 times then if there is an options tab click the option downtab that says login to this machine. Try Administrator with no password.
3. Dell will not sell you the software for a machine after the 30 day period. Windows XP Professional will work without needing drivers.
4. Gx110s have built in Video. If this isnt a PCI add on card then you dont have a GX110. What is the service tag of this system?
alordofchaos
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October 15th, 2003 16:00
Once you get Windows running, to find out more about your video card:
Click on the START button
Select RUN
In the OPEN field, type in "DXDIAG" and then press the OK button
This will bring up the Direct X Diagnostics tool.
Click on the Display tab.
This will display the name and model of your graphics card.
Once you have the name and model, go to the NVIDIA website and find the specs. Note that it's NVIDIA with an "i" not an "e", hope that helps. The number you gave is probably a serial number.
billsez
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November 14th, 2003 00:00
Just wanted to let you know that you have an Nvidia Riva TNT PCI Graphics card in the machine. That is what the part number is for.
It has a 300MHz RAMDAC processor and 16MB of memory onboard. Not a bad card for entry-level 3D and it is a solid 2D card.
Windows XP has the drivers built in, but you can also get the driver here at the Nvidia site - www.nvidia.com/driver/object/riva_drivers
You will want the third driver, titled "Riva 128 Driver for Windows 9x PCI" for Windows 95,98,98SE & ME
Use the fourth one titled "Riva128 Driver for Windows NT4" for Windows NT - Not sure, but it might work for Win 2000.
Good Luck!