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Dell Dimension 9100 won't load up

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mike159 Posts 3 Registration date Tuesday November 18, 2014 Status Member Last seen November 19, 2014 - Nov 18, 2014 at 10:23 PM
mike159 Posts 3 Registration date Tuesday November 18, 2014 Status Member Last seen November 19, 2014 - Nov 19, 2014 at 10:36 PM
Hello, I bought a Dell Dimension 9100 years ago and I want to fix it up and make it into a gaming computer. However, there is a huge problem with it. It won't load up. When I turn it on, it just shows the Windows loading screen and I thought since it's been years since it's been on, it would take a while. But I left it on for about 13 hours, and still the loading screen. I can't do anything with it, I can't access safe mode, or anything at all.

So my question... Does that mean that I need a new harddrive? If not, what do you think the problem is?

And an additional question, is the case good enough to upgrade all the parts into a gaming computer?

Thanks in advance for the answers!!! :)

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xpcman Posts 19530 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 1,825
Nov 19, 2014 at 01:44 PM
The computer uses the aborted BTX system format and the case is probably not compatible with new standard motherboards. I suspect you would be better off starting with a new $50 case.

Good Luck
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mike159 Posts 3 Registration date Tuesday November 18, 2014 Status Member Last seen November 19, 2014
Nov 19, 2014 at 05:26 PM
My main question was about the problem with the booting. Is it a hard drive issue? Are you just saying to buy everything new and build my own computer?
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xpcman Posts 19530 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 1,825
Nov 19, 2014 at 05:48 PM
You said you wanted to upgrade "all the parts". This Dell does not use industry standard parts so it would not be a good candidate for upgrading a few parts. The CPU is a single core Pentium 4 that is near useless for current games. You might have compatibility problems with the current generation of Video cards also.

If you just want to get the PC running I would start by re-installing Windows. If that fails to fix the problem then I would buy a new hard drive and re-install Windows again.
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mike159 Posts 3 Registration date Tuesday November 18, 2014 Status Member Last seen November 19, 2014
Nov 19, 2014 at 10:36 PM
Thank you for your answers. I bought a new hard drive and hopefully it will work :)
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