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Need MOBO schematic ?!
Dell Prec.WrkStat 210
Need a schematic or photo or drawing legend for motherboard !!
Used
manual.on Dell support ....cannot identify, or find a picture of mobo. I went to Intel and tried using id tool there. All my data says it's an Intel board.
When bios comes up there's an id that shows, it's Phoenix - but I can't post it here, I got
emailed about id in posting. And, at Intel
(still waiting for tech email to return ?)
it's not life cycled anymore.
I know it's old. But extremely reliable - and lately I have fan noise. It is not the pow.supply fan - runs like a peach. It's cpu or heatsink / case / mobo area - and with all the cages and expansions in this thing.....I dread opening and unscrewing stuff just to SEE what I have, and have to order !
Thanks. Sorry I can't provide all the tech data numbers and codes that I've tried. But short of ripping apart a good machine to
see a part, then, put it back together to
order a part, then rough it up again to
put in the part........I'd like to take that down a pitch or two. That's excessive touching when we all know...if it's working, don't
fix it !!
Nan
- What's the problem here? Figure out what kind of processor you have-you should at least know that-and buy a new fan/heatsink. It should be pretty easy to get a generic fan/heatsink for it and install it.Opening a computer isn't a death sentence for it, you know...
- It's a Pentium III processor. I know that much. So when I go to tiger, or newegg - then I find flat heatsink/fans, LIF types, spinning type, waffle blade types, etc.Time is my issue. I am using my dgtr's machine temporarily, so as not to tax the wrkstation to an irrepairable condition w/bad fan, or overheating.Taking apart is not the death sentence, but repeatedly moving things in this design of a case, with multiple cages to remove/move each step.....oui ! Makes the margin of error much higher.I simply wanted to pin it down to a specific fan / heatsink and cut the fiddling. Looking at a schematic would do that.
- support > dell > svc.tag > manuals > dead stop. No diagram of mobo, no exact identification of mobo. Belarc advisor simply labels it system board. Seems dell likes that term too. But when you need to match video card, sound card, NIC, USB , etc. I need slightly more info in order to get the precise, right part - not a patch. Yet another great word used w/ computers - patch. Kinda feels wrong to stick a patch on a $1600 machine , like an old pair of jeans.?
- TY TY TY TY THAT WAS THE TRICK !!All the info I needed in a neat tidy form !Saved me hours of dragging this unit open, apart and inspected !!Bless you !Thanks again. I'll be on my way !!ps. I also went to live chat / dell / and got further pages from theirsecret hiding places to work with the board !!Nan
- After more than 10 years of computer hardware work, and much experience with Dells, I honestly think Dell has produced a majority of their cases in such a way as to minimize the margin of error when it comes to working on hardware. It's all modular, and I find it very easy to work on them.Sorry it's a more daunting task for you, and I'm glad you found a good source for the parts you need.
- Try this link.Page 64 shows how to change the processor fan for the desktop version and page 96 for the mini-tower vesion.
Message Edited by jrwou1 on 11-26-200608:44 PM
Message Edited by jrwou1 on 11-26-200609:16 PM
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Posted November 26th, 2006 19:00
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