[Sussex] PSU gone, new installed computer refuses to boot [Scanned]

[John Crowhurst]

On Mon, September 25, 2006 21:09, Grant Snelling wrote:
> This isn't just non-branded pc's we are seeing this on, but many branded
> units. Some Dell Optiplex's seem have got a big problem with them - had
> to get their engineers to replace three last week, all failed due to bad
> caps. One unit was less than fours months old......and yes all of these
> units were protected by anti-surge plug units.

Dell doesn't surprise me, they've been using substandard components for
years. What with the exploding laptop battery problem and previous
experiences with leaky capacitors (the GX270, GX280, 400SC to name but a
few)

The best site to read for bad caps is http://badcaps.net

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John