[time-nuts] 5070B once more.... (actually electrolytics)

[Magnus Danielson]

g4fre at g4fre.com skrev:
> I just got hit by this issue in my Dell GX270. Its the one i use for 
> HPIB instruments/Heather. The video output disappeared. Doing a web 
> search i found lots of posts on they used faulty capacitors. They didnt 
> do a recall as it would lead to "bad customer perception of Dells 
> quality" (they had just done a battery recall).
> Upon examination 2 had "bulged" You can get kits to replace all 18 
> electrolytics. It may explain why there are a lot of gx260/270/280 
> unsold on ebay recently

On the other hand, if you are willing to replace caps you could do some 
good bargins.

Just the other day I looked at a Quad-head Matrox graphical board and 
noticed how three-four of the caps had bulged.

Cheers,
Magnus