Airwolf7
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join:2004-12-12
Franklin, KY
 ·AT&T Southeast
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Re: lol
Bad capacitors are a known problem with many motherboards and other components. I have fixed many devices with blown capacitors that people were just going to throw away and after repairs they worked perfectly fine and could be put back into useful service. A lot of the computers that I use and gave to friends or needy people were from people that just wanted to throw them away or decided that they wanted to upgrade equipment instead of pay for repair.
I have ran across lots of Intel D845, D865, and D875 motherboards with theses problems and a sack full of the Dell OptiPlex SX270 computers. A local lady that owns a Insurance Company where I live upgraded all of her OptiPlex GX240 computers to OptiPlex SX270 computers and Dell had to replace the motherboard in every single one of them.
Dell had a special out of warranty program for these models for this problem but it is over now.
"Dell OptiPlex™ SX270 / GX270 / GX280 Out of Warranty Support Program.
Dell™ will provide out of warranty coverage in North, Central and South America for OptiPlex™SX270(UFF), GX270, GX280 systems with failed motherboards due to expanding or leaking capacitors for 5 years from date of purchase, or until 31-January-2008, whichever comes first."
Check out this website »www.badcaps.net/pages.php?vid=2 as this fellow has custom capacitors replacement kits for many models of motherboards and computers including the ones you have.
If you or someone in your IT department has patience and soldering skills then you might be able to get your computers back up on their feet again for under $30.00 each or you can send the motherboards out of them to him and he can repair them and ship them back to you probably for under $60.00 each.
You can check out his website for the details about all of this.
Edit: I have not ran across any problems with the Dell OptiPlex GX280 computers that any of my customers use so I'm guessing that only the first batch of these were affected before Dell found the problem and corrected it. |
