Bruce Marshall wrote:
On Wednesday 18 October 2006 15:31, Greg Wallace wrote:
Don't they get dirty faster that way? Or do you mean just the cover on the power supply box?
Not in my opinion.... and it lets you see better when they do get dirry and it's an easy task to shut them down, cool them off, and then blow the dirt out.
Not to hijack things here., But one should be very careful and not have the meter probe short out things on the motherboard. The probe tip is generally much bigger than the distance between conductors on the board. One little momentary slip can cause big problems. That said go ahead , it will be a great learning experience. Another thing to point out is the Dell in their infinite wisdom , have changed around some of the wires on some of their power supply/motherboard connectors. This resulting in if you replace the motherboard or the power supply with other than Dell components will damage both the power supply and mother board. I do not have which models that they have done this on, as I have quit recommending them, and I am even very reluctant to even work on the ones that people bring me to fix. -- Robert Cunningham Sr. Physics Laboratory Coordinator /RSO