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Dell Computer now broken
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About 3 years ago maybe? Not sure if before that they were always non-generic. And presumably Dell aren't going to tell us so we can go and buy our PSU's somewhere cheaper than Dell!No free lunch, and no free laptop
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Dunno, my XPS420 is about a year old, before that i had a Dell Vostro and that had a standard PSU so about 2-3 years could be right0
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I think it was mainly the Dimension desktop range but it may have been others too.No free lunch, and no free laptop0
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looked at this same unit for someone (dead mobo) and the PSU was standardEx forum ambassador
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only mentioned the Battery as had a similar thing with another dell , limped on for a few more months then died though...lol
Cheers for that. BT, VERY re-assuring.:)
What was it that 'died' tho.
Was it the MOBO?"Unhappiness is not knowing what we want, and killing ourselves to get it."Post Count: 4,111 Thanked 3,111 Times in 1,111 Posts (Actual figures as they once were))Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.0 -
think so , was full of fluff (fans/processor fins, Inlet/outlet vents, all the drives ) and think it just baked everything , MOBO went first , put the Hard disk in another machine and it ran for about 6 months berfore failingEx forum ambassador
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OK another problem now with router connection. i'll start another thread for that"Unhappiness is not knowing what we want, and killing ourselves to get it."Post Count: 4,111 Thanked 3,111 Times in 1,111 Posts (Actual figures as they once were))Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.0
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