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From: JayB on 13 Jan 2010 10:23
i thought i had a 170L, i do have an opti 160L, but it is fully
assembled, i think with a floppy, and working great.
already been cleaned up and ready to go to some needy customer.
p4- 2.2 proc
not sure its worth to pull the floppy out since i probably dont have a
matching bezel. it's in my storage warehouse right now so its not in
front of me.
i wish you were closer too!


William R. Walsh wrote:
> I wish that I was geographically closer to where you are. (As it is,
> I'm in central Illinois.) If I were closer, I'd come to there and go
> over what you were planning to toss out--and probably take most of it!
>
> In anything that you have and are planning to get rid of, do you have
> an OptiPlex 170L with a factory installed floppy drive? I need the
> drive, cable, any bezels/trim and mounting hardware, which I haven't
> been able to find anywhere.
>
> I'd *gladly* pay $ for the part, your time, and cover all of the
> shipping costs if you do.
>
> William
From: William R. Walsh on 13 Jan 2010 10:36
Hi!

> the dimensions b110/1100/3000 were successors of the dimension
> 2400

I always thought the Dim2400 was a brilliant little machine as long as
you knew that the AGP video slot was missing. I still do, as long as
they have enough installed RAM.

I don't see nearly the same number of Dimension 3000 boxes as I do the
2400.

> the dimension 4600 is a bit older and a bit different than either
> the dimension b110/1100/3000.

Actually, the Dim4600 is the same board as the Dim3000 or OptiPlex
170L with all the goodies (two SATA ports and AGP) present. As far as
I can tell, the only thing that separates an OptiPlex 170L from a
Dimension 3000 is the availability of one SATA port--and the different
case design.

I've seen the Dim4600 with and without integrated video on the
motherboard, which would explain the chipset difference. Mine has the
integrated video but someone put in an ATI Radeon 9600 AGP board. Even
though I don't require that kind of graphics power for the roles that
system is in, I've left the card there.

It seems that Dell didn't quite know what they wanted to do with
regard to that integrated video. I've seen systems with factory
installed video cards and a "no" plug over the motherboard video
connector. And I've seen others that had no motherboard video
connector at all!

I was surprised by the B110/1100 system, it seems pointless to have
produced it when there is no real difference between the plethora of
systems that had the same internals.

William
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