Hey Vince, Thanks for responding...The problem with Dell is they only have
one of those motherbroards in stock at the moment and they wanted to hold on
to it for warranty work (which I can appreciate) so I asked when they
thought they might restock this particular broard and you know what they
told me?....Year 2007, I almost fell off my chair, so what I'm doing is,
buying a tower with a power supply, motherbroard, and I'm going to take
everthing out of the dell and put it in this new tower...And thats the last
time Dell will hold me over the barrel to buy a new system...I'm sure you'll
see me here regularly looking for help but this will be more fun then
shelling out $$$ to Dell...Thx...Jim Bernhardt
----- Original Message -----
From: "Vincent Winterling" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 7:22 PM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Mother board


> Jim Bernhardt wrote on Wednesday, August 11, 2004 10:34 AM:
>
> > I'm new to this so here it goes:
> >
> > Bought a Dell Dimension XPS T600R in Feb. 2000
> > A week ago it wouldn't boot, called Dell and they walked me through
> > trouble shooting. Bad mother board. They told me it would cost
> > $149.00 to purchase a new one. Sounds like a lot of money to me. I do
> > have some knowledge of computors and think that I could replace it
> > myself buying retail. This is the mother board that is in the machine
> > right now:
> > CARD (CIRCUIT), PLANAR (MOTHERBOARD), W/O-AUD, TXXXr, COPPERMINE
> > My question is what do I replace it with. I was told to check  the
> > power supply, ATX or Dell proprietary how do I determine which power
> > supply I have? Thanks for any help in advance
>
> Hi Jim
>
> If you are going to the trouble to mess with replacing the mobo in a
> Dimension XPS (I had the 700 for some time), I think you might run into
> problems all over (underpowered PS for one thing). I would recommend
> spending some more and getting something that would make your labors more
> satisfying. Alternatively, if you like what you have and Dell wants $149
for
> the board, it might be worth it to save yourself the trouble and one-stop
> shop from them. At least you'll get a warranty.
>
> If you registered your system with Dell you should be able to get the info
> on the board. You might also look inside the box and see what information
> exists that is easily accessed directly on the PS.
>
> One final thought: If you're replacing the mobo with a dell board, it
> probably will work with the machine specs as delivered when new.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Vince
>
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