Dell Dimension 2400 CPU Upgrade

[WolfireSounds]

I just bought this Dell Dimension 2400 from a garage sale and I found out it has a Celeron processor at 2.40GHz. I was wondering if I could upgrade the processor to a Pentium 4 3.40GHz processor I have lying around. I keep finding random Pentium 4's in my room, haha. If it doesn't work, any processor upgrades available?

 

[IgorM]

Doing a quick google search I found some 2400 with Pentium 4 CPUs.

[Lenovo1984]

The Dimension 2400 does support P4s, but it only supports socket 478 chips. Any LGA775 P4s won't work. How much did you pay for the machine?

[hardtofindinthefuture]

Why would you even use this PC, the Pentium 4 is a better space heater than CPU 

[Lenovo1984]

Just now, v0nn_toaster said:

Why would you even use this PC, the Pentium 4 is a better space heater than CPU 

They're old, but they're still useful for things like music machines, basic web browsing, etc. 

[hardtofindinthefuture]

1 minute ago, Lenovo1984 said:

They're old, but they're still useful for things like music machines, basic web browsing, etc. 

no no no no, they're not Pentium 4's are almost 18 years old and its not worth using in 2018

[Lenovo1984]

Just now, v0nn_toaster said:

no no no no, they're not Pentium 4's are almost 18 years old and its not worth using in 2018

It's not about how old they are, it's about how useful they are. I use a Pentium II as a DVD player to this day. Is it old? Sure. Is it useful? Definitely. P4s are perfectly fine CPUs to use. When was the last time you actually used one?

[Streetguru]

46 minutes ago, WolfireSounds said:

Pentium 4 3.40GHz

Wasn't the pentium 4 one of the worst CPUs ever released compared to others at the time?

Is the PC just for fun or were you going to actually do something with it? You could just toss it in and see what happens?

[WolfireSounds]

9 hours ago, Streetguru said:

Wasn't the pentium 4 one of the worst CPUs ever released compared to others at the time?

Is the PC just for fun or were you going to actually do something with it? You could just toss it in and see what happens?

I did toss it in and now it will not power on. The power light is just staying orange. I changed the CPU back to the celeron and it will not turn on now.