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I thought I would help a friend to install a Dell floppy drive in his
new Dimension
Desk Top computer. I'm sorry I volunteered. It should have been a
quick install.
However, the manual that came with the drive is one of the worst I have
ever seen.
Illustrations are almost useless, and text is just as bad. Instead of
showing an illustration of the motherboard for the location of the data
cable, they show a blowup
drawing of the plug which actually was misleading when I finally
discovered the plug
location. Fortunately, there was only one plug on the motherboard that
matched up.
The biggest problem was opening the case. They say you simply slide
the side cover plate of the chassis. I am no weakling and with all my
strength, it would not
budge. It took some persuasion with a screw driver to move it. The
front panel was
even trickier, and took considerable force to disengage it. After
installing the floppy, I could not get the front panel to close
completely. Because of the chinsey
design of the floppy eject button, this lack of closure made the button
inoperable. I
finally had to tape the front cover to the chassis to get the eject to
work. It is controlled by a flimsy piece of plastic, which will
probably break in short order. I
then called Dell to schedule a service call to bring out a new front
panel, and fortunately, it is still in warranty. Even though this is a
lower end unit for Dell, they
should have minimum quality and user friendly cases. I'm sure it would
not increase
the cost of the unit. They have designed this one not to be opened by
the faint of heart, or not to be opened at all.
Sherwin D.
I thought I would help a friend to install a Dell floppy drive in his
new Dimension
Desk Top computer. I'm sorry I volunteered. It should have been a
quick install.
However, the manual that came with the drive is one of the worst I have
ever seen.
Illustrations are almost useless, and text is just as bad. Instead of
showing an illustration of the motherboard for the location of the data
cable, they show a blowup
drawing of the plug which actually was misleading when I finally
discovered the plug
location. Fortunately, there was only one plug on the motherboard that
matched up.
The biggest problem was opening the case. They say you simply slide
the side cover plate of the chassis. I am no weakling and with all my
strength, it would not
budge. It took some persuasion with a screw driver to move it. The
front panel was
even trickier, and took considerable force to disengage it. After
installing the floppy, I could not get the front panel to close
completely. Because of the chinsey
design of the floppy eject button, this lack of closure made the button
inoperable. I
finally had to tape the front cover to the chassis to get the eject to
work. It is controlled by a flimsy piece of plastic, which will
probably break in short order. I
then called Dell to schedule a service call to bring out a new front
panel, and fortunately, it is still in warranty. Even though this is a
lower end unit for Dell, they
should have minimum quality and user friendly cases. I'm sure it would
not increase
the cost of the unit. They have designed this one not to be opened by
the faint of heart, or not to be opened at all.
Sherwin D.
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