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extremely lucky on the GX270s
the GX270s are seriously bad... it was a small percentage that didnt have problems. They had bad caps int he power supply as well as on the motherboard. Most of the ones that the power supply dies on, it will surge the board and pop all the caps on the VRM componet and make you have to replace both parts.

You may want to open your GX270s and look at the 1 cap beside the AGP slot, and the 4 that look the same around the memory slots and see if any are bulging. If they have an X etching on top, they wil most likely bulge and bulge for a long time before they start causing problems.
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Cooling fans hooked directly  bjbrock | 10/31/05
Bulging Capacitors  asc0t | 10/31/05
that's actually a good idea  Valis Keogh | 11/01/05
that's actually a good idea  Valis Keogh | 11/01/05
Cooling fans hooked directly  bjbrock | 10/31/05
Nope, it is the cheap electrolite material making up the capacitors.  osreinstall | 10/31/05
This was YEARS ago...  BitTwiddler | 11/01/05
The parts are still available.  osreinstall | 11/01/05
You only get to screw enterprise customers ONCE !!  realitycheck101 | 10/31/05
You obviously have a grudge of some sort  John Zern | 10/31/05
I'd guess  Jack-Booted EULA | 11/01/05
Not just Dell  Wig | 10/31/05
Had the same thing happen with many Gateway models...  toadlife | 10/31/05
Apple also  Ken_z | 10/31/05
Same Here  Pinkerton | 11/01/05
I thought this bad capacitor thing was well behind us?  BitTwiddler | 11/01/05
Badcaps.net  bit_rot | 11/01/05
This one ain't new, or Dell only  jbfishbe | 11/01/05
Problems?  jmcguire@... | 11/01/05
Can't get in.  ITGuy04 | 11/01/05
extremely lucky on the GX270s  doh123 | 11/01/05
Dell Blows Chunks.  ITGuy04 | 11/01/05
Sitting on 160 timebombs  ab@... | 11/01/05
a small percentage?  doh123 | 11/01/05
Common problem  jreeves | 11/02/05
Paxville is 173 watts  sharikou | 11/02/05
Capacitors lack of capacity to hold up  captcurt31 | 11/14/05

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