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

[Didier Juges]

I think the influx of these models on eBay is because many of them now get
out of maintenance contract and the businesses replace them. My GX280 has
been turned on 24/7 (on a UPS) since I got it several years ago, and so far,
nothing has exploded :) This one came out of maintenance contract last year,
but I was able to keep it while they bought me a new dual core laptop with
dual display. Now, I have three displays on my desk and I can finally get
some work done :)

Didier KO4BB

> -----Original Message-----
> From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com 
> [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On Behalf Of g4fre at g4fre.com
> Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2009 8:30 AM
> To: time-nuts at febo.com
> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] 5070B once more.... (actually electrolytics)
> 
> 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 
> 
> Dave 
> 
>