Fried the work PC

[FunkZ]

My Dell Optiplex at work gave up the ghost the other day.

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/funkz/dell1.jpg
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/funkz/dell2.jpg

Tech came onsite and swapped out the motherboard and power supply, thanks to Dell's standard 3 year warranty on the Opti's!

Guess F@H doesn't sit well with a high-end processor and the skimpy power supplies Dell puts in their systems.

[KnottAnneEmo]

is that a fried 4 pin mobo connector? my old celeron fried its 4 pin connector

[XPTB]

we use the little optiplex GX520s at work. I'm constantly calling dell for replacement PSUs due to either the fans dying or the things just going out.

[KnottAnneEmo]

lol, the school i'm doing work for occasionally had 4 of those babies, all 4 died within a week of each other, 1 month after purchase, they got a refund did a big money raising campaign and now have 24 laptops instead of desktop machines, billions of wireless senders needed though (well, 10 in total for proper coverage in a school of <130 pupils)

[IvyBat]

my school runs those dinky dell's that have the tower racked on the back of the monitor--the PSU's die on those things every 2 or 3 weeks.

[silenze]

*looks around for some wood to knock on*

Good luck with Dells at work so far, though I always order upper models...

[IvyBat]

I'm sitting at one right now: Optiplex SX280

[raidersforever01]

Most Dell's i get that don't work is a power supply failure.

[Methious]

When I run across a Optiplex and most other Dells I don't even wait for the PSU to tank I just replace them. Better than it tanking and taking the motherboard with it.