Anybody knows if ASUS Desktops use proprietary parts (HDD, PSU, MOBO, etc) like HP, Compac, Dell, etc? I know ASUS boards are standard.
Hello Serginho, I'm not sure what you're asking. Are you referring to whether you can swap a brand name part, with another manufacturer's part (of similar spec and/or form factor) and expect it to work? Example: The ASUS EeePC 1000 netbook I have. This model was assembled with two SSD's, both using 'standard' (common) mini-PCI-E connector. But, one card is a shorter form factor card. This is made only by Phison as far as I can tell, no one else offers the same connector but shortened card length. So you could say that's a proprietary card, you can only get an exact duplicate from Phison as far as I know. However, I did replace that short card with a Super Talent mini-PCI-E card of 'regular' (common) length, as there was room on the mobo and in the case for the regular length card. However, ASUS soldered the screw mounts on the mobo to match up with the short Phison card, so I had no immediate way to secure the Super Talent to the mobo. It required a little creativity to fashion new screw mounts, without harming the mobo, so I could use the 'regular' length SSD in place of the short Phison. If that's what you're asking about, in my experience often the parts in brand name computers can be swapped with others, but it's really the luck of the draw. Whatever the manufacturer decided to make/buy for that particular model line, is what they used. Until you open up a specific computer you may not be able to know. In my experience you cannot go on knowledge of a specific model of machine either. For example, I have two identical model Lenovo T61 laptops. I opened them up, one is all-intel for CPU, chipset and graphics; the other is intel CPU and nVidia chipset and graphics. So just knowing a laptop is a Lenovo T61 mode, is not enough to know what's inside. Please let us know if I misunderstood your question? -- Sue Morton "Serginho do Teclado" > Anybody knows if ASUS Desktops use proprietary parts (HDD, PSU, MOBO, > etc) like HP, Compac, Dell, etc? I know ASUS boards are standard.
In my experiece hard drives are always interchangeable. I've also never had any issues replacing power supplies in Dell, HP, or Compaq ( newer Compaq i.e. ) with off the shelf any brand. Motherboards I would assume are going to be propritary for all 3 companies above. I'd junk the machine before trying to swap one out. ASUS ... no experience with them here other than one real dog of a P4 that never ran well. It went to eBay and had Ubuntu installed on it by then. Steve "Serginho do Teclado" <> wrote in message news:... > Anybody knows if ASUS Desktops use proprietary parts (HDD, PSU, MOBO, > etc) like HP, Compac, Dell, etc? I know ASUS boards are standard.
The killer robot "Steve_Karl" <> grabbed the controls of the spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... > ASUS ... no experience with them here other than one real dog of a P4 > that never ran well. ASUS ... I've had no less than 24 Asus based machines between my home and my office, *but* all of them were custom machines with Asus mobos. The only experience I have with 100% Asus made computers is the three Eee PCs I've had, and they all seemed to take standard parts. -- Remove YourHeadFromYourAss to Reply by email ________ __ / ____/ /__ ____ ____ / /_ ____ / / __/ / _ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \ / /_/ / / __/ / / / / / / /_/ / /_/ / \____/_/\___/_/ /_/_/ /_/_.___/\____/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Glennbo http://www.soundclick.com/glennbo Non-Linear Sound http://www.soundclick.com/jambits Hear My Music http://www.soundclick.com/ThePseudonyms
On Apr 20, 6:17 am, "Sue Morton" <> wrote: > Hello Serginho, > > I'm not sure what you're asking. Are you referring to whether you can > swap a brand name part, with another manufacturer's part (of similar > spec and/or form factor) and expect it to work? > > Example: The ASUS EeePC 1000 netbook I have. This model was assembled > with two SSD's, both using 'standard' (common) mini-PCI-E connector. > But, one card is a shorter form factor card. This is made only by > Phison as far as I can tell, no one else offers the same connector but > shortened card length. So you could say that's a proprietary card, you > can only get an exact duplicate from Phison as far as I know. > > However, I did replace that short card with a Super Talent mini-PCI-E > card of 'regular' (common) length, as there was room on the mobo and in > the case for the regular length card. However, ASUS soldered the screw > mounts on the mobo to match up with the short Phison card, so I had no > immediate way to secure the Super Talent to the mobo. It required a > little creativity to fashion new screw mounts, without harming the mobo, > so I could use the 'regular' length SSD in place of the short Phison. > > If that's what you're asking about, in my experience often the parts in > brand name computers can be swapped with others, but it's really the > luck of the draw. Whatever the manufacturer decided to make/buy for > that particular model line, is what they used. Until you open up a > specific computer you may not be able to know. > > In my experience you cannot go on knowledge of a specific model of > machine either. For example, I have two identical model Lenovo T61 > laptops. I opened them up, one is all-intel for CPU, chipset and > graphics; the other is intel CPU and nVidia chipset and graphics. So > just knowing a laptop is a Lenovo T61 mode, is not enough to know what's > inside. > > Please let us know if I misunderstood your question? > -- > Sue Morton > > "Serginho do Teclado" > > > Anybody knows if ASUS Desktops use proprietary parts (HDD, PSU, MOBO, > > etc) like HP, Compac, Dell, etc? I know ASUS boards are standard. Thanks for the replies. I was actually interested in Asus Essentio CG5290-BP009 desktop. Can not find out which mobo it is using. Everything else seen to be generic compatible. I would like to fit there my old Delta 66 card. Still works great.
