Can you change dell cases?

[ZeD]

yep thats a dell specific pin layout
http://pinouts.ru/pin_Power.shtml

[MrSlacker]

i just opened up my dell 8100 and and confirm it is NOT standard ATX. here are the reasons:
1) it has 2 power cables, one for CPU and other is system power here is a pic

2) it has some wierd card below CPU that i have never seen before

3) it is about 15 inches high wich is much taller then normal ATX
4) it uses some weird fan connectors

[ZeD]

yep 8100 aint standard, 82 and 8400 are though

[MisterChief]

There it is again! Dell, that blasphemous word! Bleh!

[MrSlacker]

8200 and 8400 probly are standard, but The Grendel said ALL Dells w/ P4 are. my 8100 is P4 is not standard

[ZeD]

why exactly do you want to put a new PSU in it? they make ATX to DELL adaptors, they are cheap too, PC power and cooling even offers dell specific PSU upgrades, Im in a whoel different ballpark needing to go from a Dell PSU to an ATX board. If you just dont want it, Ill take it.

[Xato]

Or you could just mail it to Dell Tech support and hope the computer explodes when the open the package...
Who needs a mail bomb when u have a Dell!

[MisterChief]

Or you could just mail it to Dell Tech support and hope the computer explodes when the open the package...
Who needs a mail bomb when u have a Dell!

I hope you realize that by typing the words "mail", "bomb", "package", and "explode", you just enabled the FBI, CIA, NSA, and the Echelon system to track your every movement? I'll give em' ten minutes to get their choppers on your roof... have a nice day!

Conspiracy Theorists Unite!

[MrSlacker]

here is the deal. i have 8100 with P4 1.3, 384mb RD-RAM, and 9600XT. it used to be my old comp. my bro is in college and has 35000/15000 fiber optics connection. he is planning on taking it and making it FTP server. the comp is about 4 years old and i am kinda afraid that it can overheat. also i think PSU is making weird sounds so i thought about getting new PSU for it. when school ends, i am gonna test it and see what makes the noise and then go from there. from my search on newegg, there are no motherboards that support this socket and RD-RAM.

[Xato]

Yeh, RDRAM had a very short commercial life, i heard about it being the 'new thing' and then i never heard of it again.

and MrSlacker, the FBI CIA and NSA probably have a contract with Dell and thinking the same thing. Maybe the echelon system is that traffic spike we've been having lately.