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Is there another model with the same hardware as the Optiplex GX240?
I'm trying to help someone keep some old equipment going and their current company-mandated setup is tied to the GX240 small desktops. I remember from several years ago that the 170L and the GX270 (or something like that) were basically the same board - IIRC, the only difference was 2 vs. 4 USB ports. Does anyone know if there's a twin machine to the 240 with a different name or model number?
Thanks in advance for any help.
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October 12th, 2016 12:00
The GX240 uses PC133 SDRAM and 512 megs is Max. These were win98 machines. GX260.270,280 should be avoided due to capacitor motherboard failure. The reason to get GX620 Mini Tower is because the power supply is not proprietary. This means you will be able to fix these for years to come. PS2 ports are optional but can be added.
https://www.amazon.com/Dell-Y9003-Serial-Compatible-Numbers/dp/B005V163UY/
Optiplex 170L has no AGP slot so this would not be the same.
Optiplex GX260 has DDR max 2 gigs ram and newer chipset.
Optiplex GX270 has DDR max 4 gigs ram and newer chipset.
So your recollection is not correct.
Look on Ebay for Optiplex GX620 Mini tower.
Those are transitional machines with DDR2 max 4 gigs ram and have IDE onboard.
You could then install the os on a sata drive and attach the IDE hard drive from the 240 to move over the data from the old units.
https://www.amazon.com/Dell-Optiplex-3-2GHz-Pentium-Desktop/dp/B008FBZPMY/
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October 28th, 2016 13:00
Thanks for the response and my apologies for not getting back to this before now. I wish I could use GX620 units - I have dozens of them. And I'm recapping the "bad cap" GX260/270/280 units I have, so those are available if they would work.
For their application, it has to be a GX240, so I was hoping there was another machine with the same chipset and features so we would have another avenue to find working units.
Thanks in advance for any additional ideas anyone has.
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October 31st, 2016 11:00
Try to explain why the machine has to be GX240.
What OS is running on them?
What is the application?
If you have GX620's they are the one transitional machine that has both sata and IDE interfaces and cables.
The 270 and 280 are closer to the 620 than a 240.
GX620's will run dos and can have PS2 mouse and keyboard ports and 2 serial ports so I really have a hard time understanding why you cant migrate GX240 software to them.
The GX240 is PC133 SD RAM pentium 4 based motherboard with PS2 keyboard and mouse.
512megs ram is max for them and WIN98 or WIN2000 is max for them.
XP would load but it would be too slow to run anything.
I have setup many systems that used DOS and other programs from GX110's and GX240's that were upgraded to GX620's running WIN98SE or XP.
The other reason for the GX620 is that they can be upgraded to run windows 10 just fine.