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Hi guys, i bought this Dell Dimension 3000 for small business.

I dont know what my motherboard is. I did the steps needed to get this info:

BIOS Date: 11/08/04
BIOS Type: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A02
BIOS ID: Dell 0TC666 BIOS Version: A02
OEM Sign-On: None
Chipset: Intel 2570 rev 2
Superio: Unknown

Also, from dell's website active x utility:
General Information
Service Tag 9MTF981
Express Service Code 20970717553
Computer Model Dimension 3000
BIOS Vendor Dell Computer Corporation
BIOS Version A02
BIOS Date 11-08-04

SIW tool:
Property Value
Manufacturer Dell Computer Corp.
Model 0TC666
Serial Number ..CN70821567009O.

Chipset Vendor Intel Corporation
Chipset Model 82865G/PE/P, 82848P DRAM Controller / Host-Hub Interface
South Bridge 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Interface Bridge
SMBus Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) SMBus Controller @EDA0h

The reason I am asking and I need to find my motherboard is to figure out how fast can a hard drive i want to purchase can run. I want to buy the

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS (Perpendicular Recording Technology) 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

I want to figure out if it is suitable for my machine and if i have a SATA2 interface -- to be able to benefit from the speed

Thank you guys for your assitance in advance!

Kurt.

Your board is ecent enough to support HDD sizes that big and it may also have SATA controllers. You have to read your manual to find out what type of IDE HDD you need. Also try the support at www.dell.com, there should be plenty of Info about your Dimension 3000.

Thanks for the reply, Denniss.

OK, I will go to Dell's forums.

Anybody here has another imput -- can say for certain if i have a SATA on my board? It is is impossible to tell from the details above?

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dim3000/
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/s ... #wp1043338

Looks like ATA-only; SATA only with Add-on SATA-Controller

I see thank you guys foir the help.

I just bought a seagate baracuda 400 GB PATA.