[Tfug] m board

[Bexley Hall]

--- Choprboy <choprboy at dakotacom.net> wrote:

> On Friday 16 May 2008 20:03, Jim March wrote:
> > If the mobo is tits up then if it were me, I'd
> pull it out and take it to
> > SWS to physically size up a replacement.  You
> might end up needing a new
> > video card too if the old video card is on a slot
> type such as AGP that
> 
> That probably won't work... Dell, like many other
> manufactures, has had their 
> motherboards custom made for their products for a
> number of years. The 
> motherboards, while the same physical size, are no
> longer fully compatible 
> with ATX/etc. standards. In particular, the power
> input, a 20-pin ATX-style 
> connector, is not ATX compatible, the pinout is
> different. Things like PCI 
> and AGP slots are often also slightly off from the
> ATX specification 

Agreed.  "Once Dell, *always* Dell!"  :<

> positions. I would look for a Dell pull motherboard
> from another system if it comes up dead.

Or, plan on replacing more than *just* the MoBo.