Dell admits its servers are smoking

Giant PC firm Dell has finally admitted that its PowerEdge 1650 servers made between January 1 and May 6 have a Hunter Thompson tendency to overheat, smoke and shut-down.

The problem first turned up in Australia, where a Dell spokesperson told smh.com.au the company had advised all affected customers to have these motherboards replaced and has contacted all affected customers.

Until the motherboard is replaced, customers can continue to use the systems as normal. That is if they are prepared to put up with a hot, smoking server which shuts down.

However a poster to the Full-Disclosure mailing list claimed the problem was more widespread than Dell admitted. He thought that Dell 1600 servers also showed such anti social tendencies too.

However Dell was insistent that only the 1650 suffers from this anti-social habit.