[sllug-members]: Dell evil-ness [Was: OSS tools to fix WinXP partition]

[Jeff Schroeder]

rog wrote:

> (unless it is a Dell, Dell
> swaps the polarity of the power supply and all the parts.  I am not
> sure how this might effect a hard drive.  For nearly all other parts,
> it insures the computer fries itself if you do not buy parts from
> Dell for a DEll).

Really?  I've never heard that, but as the owner of several Dell servers 
and a laptop, I'm concerned that I need to know more about this lest I 
buy a new hard drive and plug it in only to have it go up in flames.

Do you (or anyone) have a reference to support this?

Jeff
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