Hi Roy (of 1:270/615),
On Sat, 28 Jun 03 at 04:06 o'clock, you wrote me:

 AA>> support at http://support.dell.com ???  Using IE 5.5 SP2 here.

 RJT> Weird.  Too bad so many folks out there are into doing the kind of
 RJT> nonsensical crap that requires specific browsers or specific
 RJT> features even to be able to be displayed.  I thought the whole point
 RJT> was to spread information around?!

I agree.  But it looks like the support site is simply not responding.  I
did NETSTAT to see which destination IP was being queried, and then a
manual PING request to view the results.   All silent.  100% packet loss. 
No response.  Maybe they disabled ping services.  I don't understand why
some other people report that it works and yet it doesn't work from my
side!


 AA>> I'm trying to dig up info about the power supply in the 486/33

 RJT> Is the connector(s) coming out of it standard?  Does the mounting
 RJT> look fairly standard?  If only the connectors to the MB match,  try
 RJT> substituting a regular PS and see if the machine acts differently.
 RJT> You don't have to mount it in there for that test,  if mounting is a
 RJT> problem...

The PS appears to be standard!  The wiring colors and order are
the same as for a standard.  The only diff was that on a standard AT
mobo/ps the connectors are P9/P8, and on the DELL they are P5/P4 
respectively.   I plopped in a different PS, but the system still reboots
randomly.   SO...  I've decided that this pc shall be salvaged for parts
only.


 RJT> Any chance this MB has a nicad soldered to it?  Just a thought.

The system clock runs perfectly fine.  Infact, the PC had been off for
almost 4  months and the clock GAINED only 5 minutes.  There is an external
battery connected to the mobo.  Maybe I can sell it for a few bucks.  
Infact, I am willing to sell anything from this pc to anyone in
NorthAmerica as long as the part or parts can fit in a standard/large
padded envelop.  


...August

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