> > Problem is mostly Dell. They buy so many mobo's from Intel that > they have the hammer to tell Intel just how to make 'em. Hence > they're not really Intel mobo's, but 'oem spec only' mobo's. Many > corners are cut, often features/hardware found in even low end retail > boards, or Intel's 'regular' boards, are left off, and/or are of > reduced quality (one good example is capacitors, both number and > quality). A quality bios is not to be found. Probly a Phoenix oem > spec only bios is used.
Figured as much about the quality level. Yep, phoenix it is. > > Retail Intel mobo's OTOH, while low performers and lack > configurability, are mostly bulletproof when it comes to reliability > and stabiltility. This isn't really just a Dell problem (ie, cruddy > motherboards, bios, et al). All large ready made vendors do the same > thing, and it's not limited to just the mobo. All the components in > ready made systems are 'oem spec only', aka 'proprietary'. As the > audience for cheap (even if they aren't) ready made PC's increases, > the quality of ready mades drops even further. This has all been > goin on longer than the 'less than two years' since your Dell was > assembled. > > That said, your mobo problems probly result from the inferior spec > mobo's and power supplies that Dell uses. Dell is also not renowned > for payin much attention to case and heatsink cooling either. To save > a buck or so, most Dell models don't even have fans on heatsinks that > need one, or even heatsinks on some components that normally should > have one, much less also with a fan (eg, video card). > > Have you ever heard Intel advertise that they make mobo's for > Dell? I believe they tryin hide the fact. I suspect it's also why > Dell has been reluctant to move to AMD cpu's. The oem spec only > boards they use will only marginally work with Intel cpu's. It's also > why they only give lip service to providin an OS other than Windoze. > > It's called WinTel, low quality components and even non-hardware > that Windoze can run, sort'a kind'a. So no, Mandrake didn't kill > your mobo, Dell and Gates did. ...... YMMV > > -- > Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas, USA > > lol, ok, thanks for the opinion and helping convince me to build my own system next time.
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