Well put, T. I am *so* glad I asked this list. Thanks to Florin for catching the detail and everyone else for chiming in. I've set several non-geek friends up with Dells to make life cheap and easy... I should probably get them all little fire extinguishers for x-mas as a reminder to call me for support. I called quecomputers.com this morning inquiring about a Dell specific PS. Neither of the 2 I talked to had heard of this issue. 2 guys at my job were quite familiar. auditodd at comcast.net wrote: >HOLY SH*T! >Good to know. >I stand corrected. > >-- >---- >------ >Todd Young > > > > >>auditodd at comcast.net wrote: >> >> >>>I would have to disagree with the comment that Dell has changed the 20 pin >>> >>> >>mobo connector. I just compared an old HP Pavilion power supply with that inside >>of a Dell Optiplex GX260 and the wire color codes are exactly the same. So >>unless Dell is using a different color code for their power supplies, any ATX >>compatible power supply should work in a Dell PC. >> >> >>>Just my $0.02. >>> >>>-- >>>---- >>>------ >>>Todd Young >>> >>> >>> >>I didn't know this until today.. but it does seem to be documented in >>quite a few places: >> >>http://www.quepublishing.com/articles/article.asp?p=339053 >> >>Good to know... >> >>Dan >> >> > > >