That is odd, I recall looking those up a handful of times back in the days...
I do agree with you though, we purchased a quad quad core server with 64gb of ram from dell about 8-9 months ago (model escapes me). The 2.5 sas drives didn't come in they were backordered, we overnighted hp drives from cdw, popped them in and dell wouldn't let me config them into the raid because they weren't dell. That was the first time I ever saw that too, I think it was a perc h700 card or something?? anyway I was very surprised when that happened.. one of the reasons we liked to go with dell because we could swap out parts locally in a pinch ... From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 1:54 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Dell Lock Code Resource It used to be more standard/published, but there does seem to be a divergence from standardization here within the past 10 years. Oh I agree I think it should be public - my lack of surprise is from Dell specifically. I love 'em, but they are getting tighter and tighter regarding their support. -- Espi On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 6:35 PM, Mike Gill <lis...@canbyfoursquare.com<mailto:lis...@canbyfoursquare.com>> wrote: As do I. The results of your search indicate the site I listed. The other sites are other people asking the same question or are for beep codes and desktops. It surprises me that this information isn't public. They provide documentation for all their computers to allow users to disassemble them down to the components without voiding the warranty. Why not this? Who knows. Seems to be it would be a few less support phone calls at least. -- Mike From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com<mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com>] Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 3:37 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Dell Lock Code Resource I always just search online, e.g.: http://www.google.com/search?q=dell+post+codes It doesnt surprise me that Dell has taken a position to keep details like this. They are getting more and more uptight about what they consider "free" support. -- Espi On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 2:21 PM, Mike Gill <lis...@canbyfoursquare.com<mailto:lis...@canbyfoursquare.com>> wrote: Does anyone have a resource for the LED Lock codes on Dell's laptops? For example, when a laptop doesn't start up and you get the num and caps lock LED's flashing but the scroll lock LED is solid. Dell says they don't publish this, and I have found on older document on their website that shows the codes, and one resource online, I would like an up to date resource that includes Latitude's, Inspiron's and Vostro's rather than calling Dell up every time. For example: http://www.bay-wolf.com/portpostcodes.htm FYI, this info isn't provided in the manual's online either. -- Mike Gill ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com<mailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com<mailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com<mailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com<mailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin