[dba-Tech] Mother Board

Sony and some others do the same thing. Parts are big bucks for the OEMs.

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From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Lembit Soobik
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 11:00 AM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Mother Board

"> Not long ago I looked at my brother's Dell desktop and found that the
hard
> drive had unique connector ports - a non standard hard drive!  And 
> this was on a basic Dell desktop.  There was a connector for another 
> hard drive, but again it would have to have been ordered from Dell (if 
> available)."

OMG!!!
Was the connector on the MB also different or did they just have a special
cable?
and how about the power connectors on the MB?

what a mean company. I will never, never buy HP.