On Thu, 10 Jan 2002, Eric Chomko wrote:
The only Dell systems that I have worked with are
older desktop
units that are 133 - 266 MHz. They tended to be okay. The
power supplies are proprietary and I never planned on using
their customer service, nor any one else's for that matter.
I hate having to teach them their job and wasting my time in
the process!
I will agree with you that these machines were well made, but Dell's
quality has gone way down since then.
The real bitch with Dell's proprietary supplies are that they use a
connector that looks just like the one on ATX spec supplies. If you plug
an ATX supply into a dell board, expect fireworks. They use a totally
different pinout, and you'll end up with a dead power supply and or board.
(I've never done this myself, but I know a few folks who did.)
-Toth