ITT, we talk about how much we want this Dell deal
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Work always pays to keep me dell certified so I can just order replacement parts without doing all the phone crap. I'm not even suppose to fix individuals computers anymore but they pay it every year. That's one of the reason I always tell family and friends to get dells. They are typically fairly dependible computers.
After finding out that Dell is so proprietary that you can't even upgrade your hard drive......I'll pass.
CletusJones said:
I've worked on 4 separate people's machines. Each time, they wanted to upgrade the ahrd drive and had already purchased hard drives themselves. I get ready to install the hard drive and the mobo can never detect the drive.
In one case, it was going from a 40 Gb WD IDE hard drive to an 80Gb WD IDE hard drive. Were the cables or IDE connectors bad? Nope because the old hard drive worked. Was the new hard drive bad? Nope because I got it working and installed applications on anohter machine. A quick call to Dell and they admitted that it was proprietary.
Is this the case for all their computers? I don't know. but I'm not going to risk it.
That makes me a sad panda.Coqui said:
Didn't Packard Bell and Compaq try that years ago and fail?
I've replaced hundreds of dell hard drives and added tons of secondary hard drives into dells with no problems.
b_sinning said:
Like I said, it may just be the specific models I'm working with. But I'm not about to buy one to find out.
so then why would Dell attempt this?Coqui said:
Is this only on new dells? I've got an old Dell that i've swapped damn near everything on. Plus, what about the SC400 and SC420 deals that everyone was taking advantage of? They were replacing damn near everything on those motherboards with new stuff without issue. I think the tech was fucking with you because you're incompetent.
CletusJones said:so then why would Dell attempt this?
Is this only on new dells? I've got an old Dell that i've swapped damn near everything on. Plus, what about the SC400 and SC420 deals that everyone was taking advantage of? They were replacing damn near everything on those motherboards with new stuff without issue. I think the tech was fucking with you because you're incompetent.
Fine the hard drive was proprietary. It would only work on self builds and no Dells 
You should have known to get the dell supar edition from WD.Coqui said:
There had to be something else going on there. We're a Dell shop and I swap drives all the time without issue.Coqui said:
"what's this weird dell propriatary interface on the hard drive?"fly said:
"that's a sata drive"
"oh"
Yep. PSU, mobo, and case are usually proprietary. PSU and case can be made to work with any off the shelf unit though. All other parts in a Dell are the same you can buy OEM from Newegg.fly said: