Like the title states I was given a "broken" Dell XPS 410 (9200) because it just randomly would stop working. I figured I was just going to use it for parts since it was still completely intact and pretty well loaded for a "freebie". Brought it home and decided to clean it up instead because it was PACKED full of dust and pet hair. Spent a few hours cleaning, put it back together and BOOM.. it booted right up! Thing seems to run great now that it can breathe but while cleaning I found 1 bad cap. It's a "KZG" 3300uF 6.3v cap right next to a power supply cable if I am not mistaken. I have been doing a bit of research and it seems this is a pretty standard problem with this motherboard. I am no soldering expert, but I am ok at it and it seems like re-capping would be a LOT easier then the last few Nintendo Wii modchips I have installed! 
. I figured I would just go ahead and replace all of the KZG and KZJ caps that are likely to fail and hopefully this sucker will last a while for me. I have been looking for a place to buy all my replacement parts in one shot and it seems like badcaps is going to be it for me but I just wanted to make sure I am getting what I need to make the repair as I am a bit of a noob when it comes to this. I am not sure on the exact count at this moment but I will do a final when I get a chance so I can make sure I have enough to replace everything (unless someone might have already done this and cares to enlighten me a bit :P).
From what I can tell I will be ok with Nichicon caps.. both in the HZ series. Can anybody confirm my choice? It looks like the 3300uF caps are 10x25mm and the 2200uF caps are 10x20. I don't think that clearance is going to be an issue, but I do see that they also come in a 10x16mm so I am not 100%.
Specs are as follows..
Dell XPS 410 (9200)
Intel Core 2 Duo (E6600)
4gig Ram
500gb HDD
NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS
Like I said the computer runs great right now, but I don't want to risk doing further damage so I want to go ahead and replace the bad/soon to be bad caps. It seems like it is going to be an awesome computer for what I need.. Especially since it was a freebie!
Any help would be appreciated! Thanks again!
. I figured I would just go ahead and replace all of the KZG and KZJ caps that are likely to fail and hopefully this sucker will last a while for me. I have been looking for a place to buy all my replacement parts in one shot and it seems like badcaps is going to be it for me but I just wanted to make sure I am getting what I need to make the repair as I am a bit of a noob when it comes to this. I am not sure on the exact count at this moment but I will do a final when I get a chance so I can make sure I have enough to replace everything (unless someone might have already done this and cares to enlighten me a bit :P). From what I can tell I will be ok with Nichicon caps.. both in the HZ series. Can anybody confirm my choice? It looks like the 3300uF caps are 10x25mm and the 2200uF caps are 10x20. I don't think that clearance is going to be an issue, but I do see that they also come in a 10x16mm so I am not 100%.
Specs are as follows..
Dell XPS 410 (9200)
Intel Core 2 Duo (E6600)
4gig Ram
500gb HDD
NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS
Like I said the computer runs great right now, but I don't want to risk doing further damage so I want to go ahead and replace the bad/soon to be bad caps. It seems like it is going to be an awesome computer for what I need.. Especially since it was a freebie!
Any help would be appreciated! Thanks again!
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