When did Dell stop using a proprietary 24-pin ATX connector?

[VirtualLarry]

I've got an old neighbor with a recently-dead Dell PC. Suggested that it might just be the PSU, and I might be able to get it going again by just replacing it. He said he'd call me. I asked if it was more than 3-5 years old, he said yes.

I remember upgrading an older Dell Vostro 200 desktop with an E5200 in it, and IIRC, those were new enough that the PSU wasn't proprietary. Just wondering when the cutoff was. Are most Dells that are Core2 or newer, non-proprietary?

Was it P4s, or P3s that were?

Edit: According to this article (from 2001, it started in 1998):
http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=339053

http://pinouts.ru/Power/
Mentions Dell Pentium II and III systems.

 

[PottedMeat]

i've got a optiplex 990 (i7 first gen) with a funny tiny atx connector. had to buy several different adapters off ebay to get one that fit right.

 

[Shawn]

I think the Pentium Ds and the Core 2 Duos used a regular PSU. At least on the business models (optiplex).

 

[Smoblikat]

I used to work at Hell, I mean Dell, and all of our optiplex (GX240, 745, 755, 980, 990 and 9010) used stupid proprietary power connectors on them. Same with the precision T series. That was from 2012 - 2015, and im assuming theyre still putting cheap low quality parts into their garbage overpriced piles of junk.

 

[UsandThem]

I used to work at Hell, I mean Dell, and all of our optiplex (GX240, 745, 755, 980, 990 and 9010) used stupid proprietary power connectors on them. Same with the precision T series. That was from 2012 - 2015, and im assuming theyre still putting cheap low quality parts into their garbage overpriced piles of junk.

So I take it you will never come on here to tell us "Dude, I got a Dell!".

 

[Red Squirrel]

If the dell hardware uses the same voltage standards, you might be able to splice a normal PSU to the Dell connector. That will void the warranty though. I guess it will be hard to tell what voltage is what if the PSU is dead though. you don't want to trust the colours in case they did anything weird.

 

[Accord99]

Was it P4s, or P3s that were?

I had a Dimension 4600 with a Northwood Pentium 4 3GHz/800 MHz FSB that used the non-proprietary connector.

 

[Smoblikat]

So I take it you will never come on here to tell us "Dude, I got a Dell!".

lol, unless im making a video about affordable boat anchors, I doubt ill ever post about owning anything dell.

I will say their monitors are pretty nice, but their computers are absolute piles of junk. Especially the new lattitude E7XXX series.