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Re: High failure rates for Dell Optiplex 9010?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Doughty, Marc)
Wed Oct 10 14:01:33 2012
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Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 13:58:46 -0400
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I haven't seen any of that stuff on the 7010s, which are basically the same
stuff.
What I will say is that the quality of the BIOS on Dell machines feels like
it has dropped precipitously in the past year or two. Things usually get
better once a few BIOS updates have rolled-out, but I notice these things.
The 790s in particular had a nice 15-45 second 'lag' between the 'Dell'
screen and boot when PXE was enabled, and they didn't work out 'lock a boot
item unless you have the password' until revision A13 or so.
- Marc Doughty
"If you aren't sure who is the give-way vessel, you are the give-way
vessel."
On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 12:36 PM, Caroline Couture <caroline@pobox.upenn.edu
> wrote:
> Hi Folks!
>
> Is anyone seeing high failure rates or issues with the Dell Optiplex 9010
> small form factor? We've seen lockups, failure to wake from sleep, display
> issues, led failures and other stuff. Is it just us? ;-)
>
> Thanks!
> Caroline
>
> "We're all going to die, all of us, what a circus! That alone should make
> us love each other but it doesn't. We are terrorized and flattened by
> trivialities, we are eaten up by nothing." - Charles Bukowski
>
> Caroline Couture
> College House Computing
> 3702 Spruce Street
> 215.573.3887
>
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I haven't seen any of that stuff on the 7010s, which are basically the =
same stuff.<div><br></div><div>What I will say is that the quality of the B=
IOS on Dell machines feels like it has dropped precipitously in the past ye=
ar or two. Things usually get better once a few BIOS updates have rolled-ou=
t, but I notice these things. The 790s in particular had a nice 15-45 secon=
d 'lag' between the 'Dell' screen and boot when PXE was ena=
bled, and they didn't work out 'lock a boot item unless you have th=
e password' until revision A13 or so.<br clear=3D"all">
<br>- Marc Doughty<br>"If you aren't sure who is the give-way vess=
el, you are the give-way vessel."<br>
<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 12:36 PM, Caroli=
ne Couture <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:caroline@pobox.upenn.edu=
" target=3D"_blank">caroline@pobox.upenn.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><bloc=
kquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #cc=
c solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hi Folks!<br>
<br>
Is anyone seeing high failure rates or issues with the Dell Optiplex 9010 s=
mall form factor? We've seen lockups, failure to wake from sleep, displ=
ay issues, led failures and other stuff. Is it just us? ;-)<br>
<br>
Thanks!<br>
Caroline<br>
<br>
"We're all going to die, all of us, what a circus! That alone shou=
ld make us love each other but it doesn't. We are terrorized and flatte=
ned by trivialities, we are eaten up by nothing." - Charles Bukowski<b=
r>
<br>
Caroline Couture<br>
College House Computing<br>
3702 Spruce Street<br>
<a href=3D"tel:215.573.3887" value=3D"+12155733887">215.573.3887</a><br>
<br>
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