The OpenManage Client Connector lets you remotely manage only one system at a time, while the OpenManage IT Assistant lets you gather information on multiple systems at once. (IBM is the only company reviewed here that guarantees image compatibility for a full two years.)Īs part of its OpenManage Suite, Dell provides two free management tools for system inventory and health monitoring.

But Dell's ImageWatch program gives all customers 60 to 90 days' notice before the company makes any image-changing hardware adjustments. Dell promises to keep each line available for at least 15 months, but it does not guarantee that the systems will support the same image over that period. You can use the same software image across all GX270 systems, but you have to apply a different image to GX60 or SX270 machines, because they use a different motherboard.

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I can watch 720p videos on YouTube with my 2.8 GHz Pentium 4 (Dell Optiplex 170L) without any jerkyness when HT is enabled. I find that HT helps A LOT on Pentium 4 processors when it comes to processing flash content. Q2: Does the CPU have hyper-threading (HT) and is it enabled in BIOS.

If you have an all-aluminum, that won't be enough to cool down those hot P4s, especially the Prescotts. I believe the GX240 or GX260 had all-aluminum heat sinks that were the same size and interchangeable. Q1: Is the CPU getting adequate cooling? Check the heat sink - it should be all copper. I installed a large 10x20 Panasonic FL cap in place of that and got my friend's GX270 running line new again. Apparently, the MOSFET next to it runs really really hot. It had a blown Rubycon MCZ filter cap on the chipset supply. I think you may want to check the chipset filter capacitor. Is this the SFF or normal size desktop tower version? Are you sure these don't use the i865 chipset? I have a GX270 motherboard from the tower version, and my chipset tends to run quite hot too (though nowhere near 75C since the CPU heat sink I have installed blows air on the chipset heat sink as well.

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