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the capacitors were visually swollen on top. i should say, i have never soldered a circuit board before. i have soldered wiring on my harley, truck, etc. but not anything like that. i was suprised i didnt screw it up.
yes we should all shoot sometime.
The capacitor problem never really made the news, but has caused a lot of frustration for the last 10 years. If you don't know the story; Guy stole the formula for making the capacitors, sold it to another company and they cranked them out by the millions. Turns out the formula is bad. After a period of time the capacitors GAS too much and cause the case to bulge and leak.
Recently my Satellite receiver quit working, cracked the case on it, same thing. Power supply caps leaking.
I just wonder how many millions of devices are being tossed over the years due to this problem? And what types of devices? TV, Computer, Appliances, Medical Equipment?
Sounds like a conspiracy to force consumerism to me.Originally Posted by gnihcraes
"The rifle itself has no moral stature, since it has no will of its own. Naturally, it may be used by evil men for evil purposes, but there are more good men than evil, and while the latter cannot be persuaded to the path of righteousness by propaganda, they can certainly be corrected by good men with rifles."
—Jeff Cooper, The Art of the Rifle
please tell me that you aren't just now catching on to that
Had a boot load of Dell workstations at work that had this same problem. Given that they belonged to Uncle Sam and they have strick policies on working on equipment on this level, I had to get them all replaced. they were older and junk anyway so I was glad to get them replaced.
Of course, the replacements were still used dell workstations that were just one model up from the ones I replaced. Good ole Uncle Sam.
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Did my fair share of Dell 280 motherboards for Mr. Sam myself.
We replaced hundreds of Gx/Sx 270/280 Dell motherboards. Dell had a "recall" on any board that failed. I personally replaced between 10 and 20 a week, and I did that for several months. The factory "recall" ended January 31, 2007? Maybe 2008, anyway, I still have about ten MBs in their boxes waiting for return shipping from Dell. The powers-that-be will not allow me to recycle them. They're too afraid Dell will want them back.
Dave
Wish I had known about that! Oh well, I've learned how to build my own computer as a result.
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