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We run a few hundred Dell servers --- have had 2 mainboards replaced and one of those was bricked during a BIOS update. Less than 1% failure over 2-3 years. That is good by me. Cheers, Tom On 7/22/10 9:52 AM, Jon Galbreath wrote: > > > Yes, I saw that, but with Dell’s quality lately, I wouldn’t be too > surprised if someone had already needed a motherboard replaced. > > *Jon Galbreath * > > MCSE/Security+ > > Systems Administrator > > International Studies and Programs > > Ph: 517-884-2144 > > [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > > *From:* Ehren Benson [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > *Sent:* Thursday, July 22, 2010 9:50 AM > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* Re: [MSUNAG] New Dells Feature Hardware Trojan > > The article says this…. > > *This issue does not affect systems as shipped from our factory and is > limited to replacement parts only. Dell has removed all impacted > motherboards from its service supply chain and new shipping replacement > stock does not contain the malware. * > > * * > > So if you have a fancy new one and haven’t had anything replaced….its fine. > > Ehren J. Benson, MCSE > > *Windows Systems Administrator * > > [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > > 517-884-5469 > > *From:* Jon Galbreath [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, July 21, 2010 10:36 AM > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* [MSUNAG] New Dells Feature Hardware Trojan > > FYI if you just bought a fancy new PowerEdge R410: > http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2010/07/pc-giant-warns-of-hardware-tro.html > > > *Jon Galbreath * > > MCSE/Security+ > > Systems Administrator > > International Studies and Programs > > Ph: 517-884-2144 > > [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> >