I need to replace a bad capacitor in a dell optiplex gx270.
I decided to sit down and play some gmod last night and it completely locks up on me after woke it from sleep then opened my computer.When I restart theres no display and no beep from the bios.
After I troubleshooting for a minute or two I finally think to check the caps and sure enough I find a bad cap by the agp slot.I checked them a few months ago when i heard about them being over filled and there was no sign of problems with them.
Anyway,i`m curious as to whether or not i could replace the 3.6v 1500uf with either a 3.6v 1000uf or 1800uf,which are the only ones i have right now.It would be nice if i could so I dont have to order one from radio shack but at the same time I like to do things right and I dont want to have to worry about it putting too much stress on the motherboard or something and having it crap out in another 6 months.
I've got to get it running again,this old hp/ubuntu combo isn't cutting it.
I decided to sit down and play some gmod last night and it completely locks up on me after woke it from sleep then opened my computer.When I restart theres no display and no beep from the bios.
After I troubleshooting for a minute or two I finally think to check the caps and sure enough I find a bad cap by the agp slot.I checked them a few months ago when i heard about them being over filled and there was no sign of problems with them.
Anyway,i`m curious as to whether or not i could replace the 3.6v 1500uf with either a 3.6v 1000uf or 1800uf,which are the only ones i have right now.It would be nice if i could so I dont have to order one from radio shack but at the same time I like to do things right and I dont want to have to worry about it putting too much stress on the motherboard or something and having it crap out in another 6 months.
I've got to get it running again,this old hp/ubuntu combo isn't cutting it.
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