Dell with a capital H

**Jon L. Obscene** · 07-30-2005, 04:57 PM

Oh it will

What did you say your ip address was?

Jonno

**Gemby!** · 07-30-2005, 05:55 PM

Originally Posted by Jon L. Obscene

Oh it will

What did you say your ip address was?

Jonno

* doesnt know*

**lynx** · 07-30-2005, 06:36 PM

Originally Posted by Chewie UK

Originally Posted by Rick Phlegm

You haven't gone to computer hell till you've tried to fix a Tiny PC

/shudders at the memory

I got a Tiny here that I'm pimpin' for a workmate. Aside from the mini-tower case it's a pretty straight-forward job.

Dells & Compaqs, on the other hand, are almost always a nightmare.
Compaq used to have a separate hidden partition that held the BIOS so dropping in a larger system drive was bloody awkward.

A friend once asked me to put his computer innards into a new case he'd bought but was a bit put-out when I saw he had a Dell and told him 'no chance!'
He arrived at 8pm and left at 2:30am.
In the mean time I ripped out the Dell's mobo mounting plate to bolt it into the new case that he butchered the rear of so it'd fit.
£60 case and the fucker bastardised it to fit a Dell in there!

Hey, at least with a Tiny, you can take it back to the shop and ask them to fix it.

Oops, maybe not.