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September 26th, 2018 11:00
330, motherboard upgrade
Hello! I was wondering if I can upgrade my Optiplex 330's motherboard with a newer, non-Dell one, with all the ports and buttons in the front working?
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Mary G
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September 26th, 2018 12:00
No, Dell boards are proprietary. Time for newer computer. Optiplex 330 model is old. Dell does not even have drivers for it.
bradthetechnut
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September 26th, 2018 22:00
Driver CD's for the 330 can still be ordered from eBay.
@Mary G is right about the motherboard. It's too proprietary to even upgrade to a different Dell motherboard.
speedstep
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September 27th, 2018 10:00
These models are no longer supported.
bradthetechnut
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September 27th, 2018 13:00
Hi @speedstep,
Ha! You missed 760 & 780 from that generation. :BigSmile:
As for the 'newer' end of your list, refurb places are still selling them. Besides Dell Community, support usually comes from the refurb place for a year with a 1 year warranty. Higher end like the Precision or newer Optiplex's, I've seen some 3-year warranties. Questions on older computers won't stop anytime soon. Them Optiplex's were made to last and run great with Win 7 & 10. I'll take a corporate or gaming computer almost any day compared to home computers. I like computers that were or are ahead of their time when made. With new HP home computer towers, one pays for the processor and the rest is cheap and flimsy.
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September 27th, 2018 14:00
760 and 780 are newer and came with Vista Business or even windows 7.
390/790/990 is on the ragged edge of support but I suspect will drop off after 2018.
There wont be any Spectre or Meltdown microcode bios updates for those models ever.
That comes from INTEL in their April Report.