Re: My project didnt work.Any suggestions?

Yeah I wanted to get rid of that power supply anyway.It seems to me that with 8 usb ports it should have better than a 200w output.

Its strange,I had absolutely no problems with it then all of the sudden it blows a capacitor and the southbridge gets cooked.Thats my luck though,I have plenty experience with software and hadware(aside from motherboards,I can diagnose and fix anything,my os was squeaky clean,uber snappy and locked down like fort knox but no,I get hit with a critical system board failure.

:rant:...

Re: My project didnt work.Any suggestions?

Yep,it doesnt come off.I saw that but never thought anything of it,I would have expected something more obvious.

Re: My project didnt work.Any suggestions?

Yeah it probably is,from what I just read that sounds right.

I was hoping I wouldnt have to hear that but I kind of expected it,it happens.On the plus side,I do have enough parts to build a couple pc's,I just need a couple (new)motherboards.

Thanks a lot everybody,at least now I can leave it be knowing theres nothing I can do about it.

And thanks to Topcat for the site and services offered.

Re: My project didnt work.Any suggestions?

Sorry I got up late and I've been busy.

The large capacitors are rubycon mcz and some are mbz.The smaller ones,im not sure what the are,it has an R inside of a square and an on the opposite side some have an ZA and some have a ZL.

This is the small desktop gx270 by the way.

EDIT:Theres also another label on there.Foxcon LS-36...

This sucks.I swear theres a cosmic joker that thinks this its just hilarious to mess up my pc(s).Almost exactly one year ago I had an hp completely crap out on me and shortly after I bought this dell from some crook.Every time I get some spending money,something screws up or I get a ticket or something and it looks like its happening yet again.

I replaced the only obvious bad cap(by agp slot) and it didnt make a difference,same problem.No video,no post,amber b on the diagnostics panel,green power led,yellow mobo led and the psu and cpu fans are running.Ive tried everything.Swapping,removing,reseting,reseating...

Re: A few Q's before I go about my recap.

:takes note:
Yup that one looks just like mine aside from the dust bunnies.

Something about working on a pc thats plugged in...didnt sound right xD

Thanks

I'm planning on ordering a replacement cap tomorrow for my optiplex gx270 but theres a few things I would like to get straightened out if someone were to be so kind.

First I need to figure out which way the cap is supposed to go in

I was poking around google the other day and read where someone mentioned that it might be easier to basically force the cap out then desolder the leads one at a time.So,thinking that was a good idea at the time I went ahead pulled it out so I could more easily read the manufacturer without having to hunt down my flash light.Now I'm...

Re: Need to replace a cap but the ones i have are slightly higher/lower in capacitanc

Yeah see I wouldnt have caught that,my technical knowledge about electronics components is somewhat basic.Now is a good time to learn I suppose,thats why I came here.I would have read the part in the FAQ about different types of capacitors had it not been so late last night.

Thanks for making that clear.

Re: Need to replace a cap but the ones i have are slightly higher/lower in capacitanc

@Spitz,yeah that was a typo.It was late and was tired.

Im thinking ill just see what i cant find on the store instead.The prices seem pretty reasonable and i would feel better about it if i had the exact same one.Also money is pretty tight and the shack is likely going to be over priced judging from my experience with them.

@Eppidrummer,thanks for the heads up.

Oh,about the grounding strap,ive never used one(i know,im terrible),ive just always been careful...

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...