WTD: Photos of the inside of a Dell PE650

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/pe650/

It would be helpful if you have the service tag from the machine.

 

 

The actual Dell tag appears to be missing.. The box itself is rather battered so it must have gotten scraped off at some point, but the innards look in functional condition.

However, i`m at a loss as to why the tag would ne required.  I dont want a picture of THIS EXACT machine, i want one of a SIMILAR one.   Surely a PE650 is a PE650 (with a few minor variations like CPU, RAM, and HDD)

Also that link doesnt really tell me anything i dont already know, i need closups of these three connectors / cables.

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@AdrianRCL wrote:

The actual Dell tag appears to be missing.. The box itself is rather battered so it must have gotten scraped off at some point, but the innards look in functional condition.

However, i`m at a loss as to why the tag would ne required.  I dont want a picture of THIS EXACT machine, i want one of a SIMILAR one.   Surely a PE650 is a PE650 (with a few minor variations like CPU, RAM, and HDD)

Also that link doesnt really tell me anything i dont already know, i need closups of these three connectors / cables.

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No tickey no washy.

If the system boots into CMOS setup the service tag should be there.

Dell is unlikely to sell you any parts without this information.

Lots of documentation available

http://support.ap.dell.com/docs/systems/pe650/en/index.htm

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Service manual has pictures but no part numbers.

http://support.ap.dell.com/docs/systems/pe650/en/sm/index.htm

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http://support.ap.dell.com/docs/systems/pe650/en/sm/remove.htm

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The floppy CDROM uses a daughter board.

System board and backplane are sandwiched together.

"no tickey no washy" 

What the heck is that supposed to mean.

I HAVE NO DELL TAG FOR THIS SYSTEM

The system doesnt POST yet due to missing some key components which are on order and some of the cables...  hence me posting this thread.

I dont see why this is such a huge problem.

I just want a PHOTOGRAPH of the cables in question, preferably while in-situ and free. Your pictures do not show me things like the actual shape of the connector, number of pins, colour of the cables, and where pin one is on each end.

As such they are useless too me.

 

So are you telling me, that of the 1097 people CURRENTLY online, and the coutless thousands of people who frequent these forums, that there is no-one who has, or can take, a photo of the inside of a PowerEdge 650 server ?

It was a "request" not a "demand".

I`m sorry if I come accross rude to you, but I just find it difficult to belive that of the 100`s of thousands of people that visit these forums and many other forums on the net where i posted a similar request, theres no-one out there who is able to help me in my hour of need.  Its getting rather frustrating.  I have a 99% complete server, and its just these few little bits stopping it from being whole.

Despite asking for "photos" everytime, people seem to only want to give me pictures or direct me at the dell documentation. Unless they are very detailed, they are not much use to me.  I need a photo to see what the innards really look like.

Its hardly a massive undertaking to use your camera phone (if you have one), or a digital cam to snap a few quick pics of the innards of the box the next time you are fiddling inside.  I know, I've done if for other people many times on different occasions

Being less terse and otherwise rude might be a better way of asking.

Demanding things like a high maintenance girlfriend is not going to get you snappy service here.

You probably have alienated your one best hope by being so rude.

Dell support is not going to help you without a service tag.