The MB was faulty for those who want to know. I bought one too, and blew a second PSU. Components, minus MB are now running in a new case. So if you bought one of these, don't waste your time rewiring a non-proprietry PSU to fit the (flippin' Dell) MB. You'll blow it.
Turu, Steve > -----Original Message----- > From: Lance BLACKLER [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, 25 November 2002 11:21 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: OT: Hardware for a good home or the skip > > > if you have no takers for the M/B and case & PSU etc - I will > grab them off > you Mark if that is OK. > > Thanks > > Lance Blackler > > > > > > > >From: Mark Carey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: CLUG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: OT: Hardware for a good home or the skip > >Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 09:12:50 +1300 > > > >Hi, > >This post is primarily for the benefit of those who bought a GX1 from > >Steve Dunford. And as such is not particularly on topic for CLUG. > > > >I have free to a good home, as in I don't want or need and if no one > >else wants is going to turn up in a skip somewhere ..... > > > >1 x Dell OptiPlex GX1, Case, M/B, PSU > >* I don't know which is faulty the M/B or the PSU, I wasn't going to pay > >$130 to find out. > >* I'm not going to list the features of the M/B as I am not sure if it > >works, anyway anyone who needs it knows its features. > > > >1 x Creative CD 3231E, 32 Speed IDE CDROM > >* Has problems reading some discs, i.e spins up to full power, trying to > >read the disc then spins down, then up again, then down ... you get the > >picture. > > > >1 x Hewlett Packard 7200i IDE CD R/RW. > >* Reads CD's just fine at max speed (4x) but refuses to write at all in > >Adaptec Easy CD Creator or Nero. Originally wrote CD's at 1x and 2x. I > >bought in 1998. > >* Last CD successfully burnt was the day before I put the computer in my > >car and drove to Chch with it at the beginning of this year. > > > >1 x Mitsumi 1.44 Floppy Drive (not out of the Dell, thats a Teac floppy) > >* Status unknown, but its one more thing I don't need lying around. > >* Fits a standard 3 � drive bay, no funny face plate. > > > >Ok, so that is all, if you want any of it take it all off my hands and > >save me a trip to the skip. Or I will visit the skip sometime Monday. > > > >Mark > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail > > >
