i ve tried to flash my dell axim x51v with the HTC Universal rom but first of all you'll get a message its the wrong language etc
when you try to flash it with a modified installer that skips these tests it looks like it workes but somehow (the newest) activesinc stops and the connection faills. maybe it has to disable activesinc and connect with the installer connection manager but it didnt work.
I cant retry it because i upgraded to vista, and i dont really found out how it works in this os.
ps: i didnt know that brick thing was that serious