Does Dell make its own motherboards?

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Kaptain Krunch wrote:
> Dell, Compac, e-machines all DO NOT allow you to change Motherboards
> in their machines...

How exactly do they prevent you from doing that?
*some* dells use non standard motherboards but they can still be replaced if
you swap the psu at the same time.
Others are standard boards
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On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 00:12:45 GMT, "Dave" <a@a.com> wrote:

>I have an old Dell L600r, the WORST of the non standard Dells. The only
>proprietary thing in it was the PSU and the PSU connectors on the mobo. $159
>later for mobo, cpu, ram and PSU had an Athlon XP 2000+ machine. Dell, IBM,
>Compaq, etc only assemble machines anymore, they make not a single one.

Yes, but they do have mobos made externally to their specs, hence the
non standard PSU connector.
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