Dell also has a bad habit of making all their shit proprietary. For example, they'll use the same model boards as other computers but they won't work outside a Dell computer. Since you sound like you know waaaaaaaaay more than I do about computers, can you tell me why every tenth time or so when I start my Dell precision work station I get the message "thermal solution compromised" and the fans sound like they're getting ready to lift the box off the desk. The rest of the time it starts up normally. As to flair, I've given you everything I can think of for flairs but had what I thought was a great idea for that but I forgot what is was. Meh, maybe it'll come back. Teehee