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Yasu · 07-20-2006, 02:01 AM

Nope. There are a variety of mobos like ATX, BTX, Extended ATX, Micro ATX, etc. I doubt that a new mobo would fit into a Dell case because companies like Dell and HP install their mobos differently(but some mobos will fit just fine). You can't just buy a motherboard and install it, you have know what kind of CPU you have and what socket it is, if you have on-board video or an AGP/PCI/PCI-E slot for a video card, what kind of memory you want to use and a lot of other things. If you do buy the right mobo and everything else then you'll also need to reinstall the OS to prevent some problems.

07-20-2006, 02:01 AM	#2 (permalink)
Yasu Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: TX Age: 20 Posts: 1,199	Nope. There are a variety of mobos like ATX, BTX, Extended ATX, Micro ATX, etc. I doubt that a new mobo would fit into a Dell case because companies like Dell and HP install their mobos differently(but some mobos will fit just fine). You can't just buy a motherboard and install it, you have know what kind of CPU you have and what socket it is, if you have on-board video or an AGP/PCI/PCI-E slot for a video card, what kind of memory you want to use and a lot of other things. If you do buy the right mobo and everything else then you'll also need to reinstall the OS to prevent some problems. __________________ CPU: Intel P4 3.0 HT Mobo: ASUS P5P800 RAM: 2x512 PC3200 VC: ATI Radeon X850PRO HDD: 160GB Seagate SATA PSU: 500watt Ultra X-connect