Just some FYI to complete the ticket (?) While I'm still annoyed that Dell does this to their home-user PC customers, it turns out that they will send a replacement cheaper than what I could find on eBay or anywhere locally. We ordered it today. $42, USPS shipping included. ETA 11/28. Not terrible. Bob Hartmann wrote: > > 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 >>> >> >> >> >> > >