dell motherboards???

[barvini]

does dell make their own motherboards.
i have a dell dimension 8200 and all i can find on the motherboard is dell stamps

anyone have a clue?

I am da king

 

[Crashman]

Intel makes Dell's motheboards. The ones that look like standard ATX use proprietary power. If you look at Intel boards you'll notice many of them have unused solder points below the ATX connection: those are the solder points Intel uses for the Dell proprietary power supply.

I believe the 8200 doesn't even use the ATX form factor any longer.

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[Schryver]

Crashman's right, they don't use ATX anymore. It's their own proprietary form factor so that you can't swap the board out into a different case. My friend tried to do this and, well, suffice to say he was none too happy with Dell.

 

[barvini]

so dell makes their own motherboards then
so cant overclock at all because i use intel pentium with locked multiply i locked FBS
this is the last dell comp in my house ever i will soon make my own then
damn dell

I am da king

 

[RCPilot]

Amen brother! It's the only way to go, build your own.

If it ain't broke, take it apart & see why not!

 

[Crashman]

Intel makes Dells boards. But they use proprietary power on the ATX style boards. I hear the latest clamshell style case/mobo use a standard ATX power supply, but a proprietary board form factor.

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[Crashman]

Dell NEVER used ATX power supplies, at least not until recently. And the recent systems use proprietary board form factors.

The earliest ATX style Dell power supplies were found in their Pentium 1 systems. They had the ATX power plug, but wired differently.

They later changed to a two plug power supply, with a 6-pin AT style power plug and an ATX style power plug. It looks like the same power supply used in industry standard NLX form factor cases, which had an ATX connector for the board and an AT style connector for the riser card. But AHA, it isn't, the ATX part is still wired wrong. That is to say, an industry standard NLX power supply will work on an ATX system, but the Dell power supply which looks identicle...wont. Dell introduced this style power supply around the same time as their original clamshell style Optiplex systems came out, around the time of the Pentium Pro intro.

I've heard from 3 sources now that Dells latest 8800 systems use standard ATX power supplies, but I know as a fact the board is a proprietary form factor, the "ATX backplate" is longer than standard.

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[CompSci]

Dell doesn't "Make" anything - except a profit on your order!
They're a "WinTel" distributor for M$ and Intell...