smithkjinc,

Thank you for using the Dell Community Forum.

You may want to contact Dell and have them take a look at what they replaced and correct it if needed.

Hi,

    My bet is that your original motherboard was a 400Mhz FSB (running a 2.4Ghz / 400Mhz FSB P4 CPU) and they've given you a 533FSB CPU but put it into a 400FSB motherboard. You should ask nicely and get a 533 motherboard and 533 CPU combo -- and ship back the bogus board combo.

Gerry

Dimension 8200 (Feb '02)
Bios A09
512Mb RAM
Windows XP Home Edition + SP1
Intel P4 2.4Ghz Northwood (478 pin) CPU - 400 FSB w/512Mb Cache
ViewSonic VX900 19" LCD Flatscreen monitor (taking digital input from video card)
Chaintech 'gold' Geforce4 Special Edition GT61 Ti-4600 128Mb with NVIDIA 43.51 drivers
HP 300i DVD burner
CT4780 Creative SoundBlaster Live!
Samsung 308B 'combo' drive (CD burner/DVD player)
Western Digital 80GB "JB" (applications)
Western Digital 120GB "JB" (data)
Maxtor 80GB ("Norton Ghost Drive") - port#1 on Promise ATA-TX-133 card
Western Digital 120GB "JB" ("Norton Ghost Drive") - port#2 on Promise ATA-TX-133 card
3.5" Floppy
250Mb Internal Zip drive
Canon S9000 color printer
Canon BJ-10ex b+w printer
Olympus OM-10 slide scanner
Canon D1250U2F flat bed scanner
MS Sidewinder II joystick
56K PCI Internal Modem
Adaptec 2906 SCSI card (for Olympus slide scanner)
Ethernet Network Card - (I took it out ...no network!)
...plus the usual applications, software goodies and tools :-) 

Close....I originally purchased a 2.4/533.   They installed the right CPU but the wrong MB (400fsb).  They should have installed the 533 fsb MB.  I have already contacted Dell about this and they are taking care of it.  I will keep you posted on the outcome. 

Thanks.