Scooter

  • Nettop
  • Home Theater PC
  • Scooter is a Dell Inspiron 400 Zino HD. This computer's role in life is to be permanently connected to my TV and allow me access to my movies, music, and online streaming content from the comfort of my family room. This is an ultra-compact form factor PC (roughly 8 inches by 8 inches and 3 inches tall), so it aesthetically fits nicely into the rest of my home theater, and is paired with a unique compact keyboard/touchpad input device which looks similarly at home on my coffee table. Scooter doesn't have to be super powerful to perform its tasks, so this computer will not receive as many upgrades as my other computers.
  • This computer was originally obtained March 12, 2010.

 

Date Added = Date that this component was added to this computer
Origin Date = Date this component was originally acquired, possibly for a different computer

Newest Component
Component Date Added Notes
Memory - 3GB total, replaced one 1GB module with a 2GB PC2 6400 Crucial 11/15/2010

 

All Components:

Processor

AMD Athlon X2 3250e
History Added Notes
1. AMD Athlon X2 3250e 3/12/2010 1.5GHz, 1MB cache, 200MHz FSB

 

Motherboard/Chipset

AMD 780G
History Added Notes
1. AMD 780G 3/12/2010
  • 2x DDR2 800 SODIMM slots, 8 GB maximum RAM
  • Integrated audio: 2.1 audio
  • Integrated LAN: Broadcom NetLink 10/100/1000Mbps
  • Integrated WLAN: Dell Wireless 1397
  • Integrated video: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3200, up to 256MB, VGA/HDMI
  • Integrated 5-in-1 card reader
  • 2x SATA 1.5Gbps / 3.0 Gbps
  • 4x USB 2.0 connections
  • 2x eSATA connections

 

Case

Dell Inspiron 400 - Piano Black
History Added Notes
1. Dell Inspiron 400 - Piano Black 3/12/2010  

 

Operating System

Windows 7 Home Premium
History Added Notes
1. Windows 7 Home Premium 3/12/2010

 

Memory

3GB total PC2 6400

History Added Notes
1. 2GB DDR2 800 MHz 3/12/2010 Two 1GB OEM SODIMMs
2. 3GB DDR2 800 MHz 11/15/2010 Replaced one 1GB SODIMM with a 2GB Crucial module

 

Hard Drive

Seagate 250GB SATA
History Added Notes
1. Seagate 250GB SATA 3/12/2010
  • SATA
  • 7200 RPM
  • Model: ST3250318AS

 

DVD Burner

TSSTcorp 8x DVD+/-RW
History Added Notes
1. 8x DVD+/-RW 3/12/2010
  • 24x CD-ROM
  • 8x DVD-ROM
  • 24x CD-R
  • 24x CD-RW
  • 8x DVD-R
  • 6x DVD-RW
    • 6x DVD-RDL
  • 8x DVD+R
  • 8x DVD+RW
  • 6x DVD+RDL
  • 5x DVD-RAM
  • Model: TS-L633C

 

Keyboard / Touchpad

Logitech diNovo Mini Wireless
History Added Notes
1. Logitech diNovo Mini Wireless 5/12/2010

 

Wireless Networking

Dell Wireless 1397
History Added Notes
1. Dell Wireless 1397 5/12/2010