[ale] [OT] Dell Optiplex SX270 Motherboard Failure

[Klepinger, Aaron]

Check out Smell Tech Support:
http://www.illwillpress.com/tech.html

Funny stuff!

-----Original Message-----
From: Jonathan Glass [mailto:jonathan.glass at ibb.gatech.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 1:11 PM
To: ale at ale.org
Subject: [ale] [OT] Dell Optiplex SX270 Motherboard Failure


I had a Dell Optiplex SX 270 (small form factor..about the size of a box
of waffles) quit powering up.  Spent some time resetting the BIOS,
trying now power supplies (external), etc, etc.  My student worker
(CompE student) leaned over and pointed at a capacitor that had blown. 
The thing had oozed out the top and fried, and no power was getting
anywhere.  The box is only 1 year old (under warranty), and has some of
the cleanest power on campus, so I can only assume that the parts used
were the cheapest available.

Called tech support, and the tech asked me "Have you tried a new
motherboard?".  I just had to laugh at her.

Anyway, I seemed to remember someone on this list bemoaning poor quality
components in computers, and now I can testify to it.

:(

Jonathan Glass

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