Maybe, the M60 shared a motherboard with the D805. The D505 is entirely different. The D805 was the high end D800, but the M60 had a better graphics card and other things to justify the price. The low end D800 had the same Mbd as the Inspiron 8500. If its not a typo with the 5 and 8 I cant explain why.
The M60 was delivered with XP SP1 but the CD is XP SP2. Dell have their own customised CD's that don't work on other machines. I think that whoever preloaded the machine used a D505 disk and not an M60 disk.
Maybe, the M60 shared a motherboard with the D805. The D505 is entirely different. The D805 was the high end D800, but the M60 had a better graphics card and other things to justify the price. The low end D800 had the same Mbd as the Inspiron 8500. If its not a typo with the 5 and 8 I cant explain why.
Regards Chris
a) there is no such thing as a d805
b) the d800 does not have the same mobo as the 8500 - it had a very very similar board to the 8600 but completely different from the 8500 - the 8500 had the same chipset and everything as the M50 workstation
Sorry, but you are WRONG. If you have ever flashed a Bios over you would know. D805 is the description of the board that Dell use. The M50 was the " C " series machine. If you wish to correct other people, please be right.
the reason why there are so many systems listed in the files downloaded from the support website (not just the bios flash files) is that dell engineering lists all the models affected. a lot of the models listed end up being scrapped completely and never make it to market.
AussieChris
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November 4th, 2004 01:00
Hi,
Maybe, the M60 shared a motherboard with the D805. The D505 is entirely different. The D805 was the high end D800, but the M60 had a better graphics card and other things to justify the price. The low end D800 had the same Mbd as the Inspiron 8500. If its not a typo with the 5 and 8 I cant explain why.
Regards Chris
simon_hewitt
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November 4th, 2004 08:00
Thanks. I think I've solved it.
The M60 was delivered with XP SP1 but the CD is XP SP2. Dell have their own customised CD's that don't work on other machines. I think that whoever preloaded the machine used a D505 disk and not an M60 disk.
ofelas
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December 20th, 2004 01:00
mnguyen281
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January 15th, 2005 23:00
a) there is no such thing as a d805
b) the d800 does not have the same mobo as the 8500 - it had a very very similar board to the 8600 but completely different from the 8500 - the 8500 had the same chipset and everything as the M50 workstation
ofelas
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January 16th, 2005 19:00
AussieChris
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January 16th, 2005 19:00
mnguyen281,
Sorry, but you are WRONG. If you have ever flashed a Bios over you would know. D805 is the description of the board that Dell use. The M50 was the " C " series machine. If you wish to correct other people, please be right.
Regards Chris
mnguyen281
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January 21st, 2005 16:00