- Joined
- Jun 12, 2003
- Location
- West Orange, NJ
well i offered to fix a work buddy's comp for him... and it's a dell (really... bad... system.) 1.8GHz P4, 256megs ram... a budget system.
i plugged it into my CRT (no DVI), and my PS/2 keyboard and mouse (no USB support on boot-up) and powered it on... at least i think i did.
i see a flashing light on the cd drive, but no sound. wtf?!? then i see the monitor click on and windows is booting up. ?!?
i can not hear a single fan, hard drive, ANYTHING coming out of this system!
i SEE fans, and it looks like theyre spinning, but they are making NO noise.
aside from the spyware, kazaa, etc etc he had on it (he needed it to run faster / smoother, etc) the thing's pretty decent, at least for what he needs it for).
i might not like Dell for the amount of crap they put on their retail systems, but i gotta give it to them this time - they can make one QUIET-arse system!
i plugged it into my CRT (no DVI), and my PS/2 keyboard and mouse (no USB support on boot-up) and powered it on... at least i think i did.
i see a flashing light on the cd drive, but no sound. wtf?!? then i see the monitor click on and windows is booting up. ?!?
i can not hear a single fan, hard drive, ANYTHING coming out of this system!
i SEE fans, and it looks like theyre spinning, but they are making NO noise.
aside from the spyware, kazaa, etc etc he had on it (he needed it to run faster / smoother, etc) the thing's pretty decent, at least for what he needs it for).
i might not like Dell for the amount of crap they put on their retail systems, but i gotta give it to them this time - they can make one QUIET-arse system!