Re: [opensuse] Dell optiplex GX280

Hi Steve, Dell Hardware as you know is often NOT
industry standard. For example I have a Newish Dell
Dimension 4700 - P4 3.2 HT 2GIG RAM, however just to
get Microsoft XP to work I need to load the following
proprietary dell driver just to get it to operate
Windows XP.

1. Chipset Driver, Graphics Driver, Sound Driver, NIC
driver, all loaded from the utils disk that come with
the PC. Then and only then will Windows XP load from
original Disk and function. In fact if you don't load
even the NIC driver, Windows XP cannot provide a NIC
driver and no network interface no Internet.

Also Dell Do NOT publish update drivers to Microsoft
Update like most all other companies. If they come up
with a better driver for their hardware you have to
install it from the dell site.

Dell Hardware is cheaper because it is specifically
designed to Run Microsoft Windows ?? and the ?? will be
MS Windows version dependant of the availability
drivers from www.dell.com

Just because you have a Nice new Dell - Dont ever
expect them to load ANY O/S without problems without
first loading their utils disk and drivers.

Your Dell GX280 has the following information
http://searchapj.dell.com/results.aspx?c=au&l=en&s=gen&cat=sup&k=optiplex+gx280&qmp=12&p=1&subcat=dyd&rf=all&nk=f&sort=K&snpsd=A&ira=False&~srd=False&ipsys=False&advsrch=False&~ck=anav

which include 4 BIOS update to correct errors of the past.

The dell GX280 has 42 Critical drivers just to run
Windows XP and another 30 or so to issues with running
XP. If they published their driver to Windows Update
they would be auto downloaded by the process in the
Hardware driver part of the auto update process of
Windows/Microsoft update; BUT they don't - you have to
manually load them from Dell internet sight and first
to get on the net to find the drivers you need to
install the drivers that came with the Dell on the
utilsdisk.

I am having major issues with an old GX 150 and gave up
trying to load Linux versions 10.0-10.2 with no luck
and I had to install an AGP Video card to achieve the
installation program running and it took 8 days and I
never DID get it to work.

Now I am trying to put back Windows 2000 - for which
the PC was designed, with no luck unless I install the
dell drivers first. The Video just freezes after boot
and the PC lock up- and this is MS Windows 2000.

I have learned the hard way - Nothing good it cheap and
I have not come across a Dell PC that is rather IBM
compatible - in other worlds you need to load
proprietary driver as the architecture is NON ISA
standard - Your Manual should state that.

I mourn with you and I know where this old Dell is
going very quickly - and its NOT the recycle bin! Its
the Trash!

Scott ;-)

StephenW wrote:
--- Ken Jennings <ken_jennings@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I tried installing 10.2 on a Dell optiplex GX 280. It booted fine from the
CD.
Initial setup and the first part of the software install went fine. However,

after the first reboot to continue the rest of the install it locks up hard.

The grub menu displays, it starts to boot, but right after the suse splash
appears it locks up. The little lizard logo with the animated dots never
even appears.

I couldn't find anything on Dell's linux wiki site about the GX 280, so I was

wondering if anyone here had specific experience.

I have tried and failed to even be able to run a live CD (several distros) on
Dell GX260 or GX270. I have not tried on a 280. I have given up.

Stephen

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