Why do Dell have to be oddballs?
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Why do Dell have to be oddballs?
07-03-2010 9:22 PM
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If a motherboard went bad the computer would need a new case also not to mention a power supply as the Dell power supply has cables designed at exactly the right length for their board and not long enough to reach the connector on many standard ATX boards.
Re: Why do Dell have to be oddballs?
08-03-2010 8:13 AM
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Re: Why do Dell have to be oddballs?
08-03-2010 12:52 PM
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Looking at having to upgrade 40+ PC's to cope with Windows 7 - same debate. Older memory is about 4 X the current price per Gig similarly for IDE drive upgrades. Expensive business for a charity.
No we do not buy Dell
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Re: Why do Dell have to be oddballs?
08-03-2010 6:28 PM
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I think Packard Bell machines would be my favourite to work on. Even custom built machines are a pain in the backside as the person never has original driver disks which always means examining the inside of the machine to find the range of drivers from a variety of sources.
Re: Why do Dell have to be oddballs?
15-03-2010 11:27 PM
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Quote from: Sean I actually quite like Dell to work on aside from the the above issues.
(sorry for the late reply but this needed to be said)
You sir, are a madman.
Dell drivers are absolute wish-wash, AND they do driver locking! so you cant put in the proper driver over the top of the dell driver. Dirty hacking windows down so they can bundle their junk and make it harder to remove? Hmm..
HP/Compaq have always been good to me, got an AP400 in the garage in peices (poorly mobo everything else functions... BIOS was basically windows 3, over 4 floppies ) but i LOVED that machine, dual P3.. awesome server... may have to tinker when i get time over summer
Tell you who are pretty good, Medion (dont laugh) Their supports pretty good, and ive got a machine (intel 640, 3.2ghz) and its gotta be 4 yrs old? only thing done to it is abit more RAM. Still runs like a beaut, and on win7
Re: Why do Dell have to be oddballs?
16-03-2010 8:34 AM
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Quote from: Matt_2k34 Dell drivers are absolute wish-wash, AND they do driver locking! so you cant put in the proper driver over the top of the dell driver.
I've lost count of the number of Dell systems I've worked on and I've NEVER encountered that.
I'd like to see an example and an explanation of how they do it.
Re: Why do Dell have to be oddballs?
16-03-2010 9:57 AM
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Re: Why do Dell have to be oddballs?
16-03-2010 1:08 PM
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Quote from: HPsauce I've lost count of the number of Dell systems I've worked on and I've NEVER encountered that.
I'd like to see an example and an explanation of how they do it.
Well, how its done im not 100% on, i do remember trying to upgrade graphics drivers on a dell laptop, the install of the intel downloads driver would fail, bringing up an error message requesting i download the driver from dell - the driver on dell was *very* outdated (okay its not the fastest laptop in the world, but it would run the game i was trying to get to run)
I remember the driver went in fine after uninstalling chipset + graphics drivers, and using the correct new ones from intel.
Swings and roundabouts i guess? ive never had *new* Dell kit to play with, its either old *or* a laptop from their cheaper range, could be the reason i suppose..? but yeah, anyones laptop that ive looked at (and ive looked at quite a few) dell have always been one of the most awkward to deal with
(e.g. inspiron 1100, and the GX260 spring to mind)
edit: oh, and a Dell bios is the only time ive ever seen (in person)...
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