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On Wed, Oct 06, 2004 at 01:10:32PM -0400, Jonathan Glass wrote:
&gt; I had a Dell Optiplex SX 270 (small form factor..about the size of a box
&gt; of waffles) quit powering up.  Spent some time resetting the BIOS,
&gt; trying now power supplies (external), etc, etc.  My student worker
&gt; (CompE student) leaned over and pointed at a capacitor that had blown. 
&gt; The thing had oozed out the top and fried, and no power was getting
&gt; anywhere.  The box is only 1 year old (under warranty), and has some of
&gt; the cleanest power on campus, so I can only assume that the parts used
&gt; were the cheapest available.
&gt; 
&gt; Called tech support, and the tech asked me &quot;Have you tried a new
&gt; motherboard?&quot;.  I just had to laugh at her.
&gt; 
&gt; Anyway, I seemed to remember someone on this list bemoaning poor quality
&gt; components in computers, and now I can testify to it.
&gt; 
&gt; :(
&gt; 
&gt; Jonathan Glass


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