Re: Dell XPS 600 Mobo Capacitors

Anyone willing to let me ship my board to them and pay a fair flat rate for an attempted repair?

Being a software/web developer, I'm not sure I want to dive into capping...code keeps me busy enough

Re: Dell XPS 600 Mobo Capacitors

Thanks for all the info guys...great forums and alot more response than I expected! Glad to see there's still good forums out there...

Unless I can just buy a set of the parts, I think I'd be way in over my head trying to do this myself. I don't want to spend alot on tools or bug the forums too much trying to figure everything out.

Such a shame that Dell did this to their customers...no replacements, crappy parts, etc. So done with them.

Re: Dell XPS 600 Mobo Capacitors



Ha! I submitted a request earlier today...I guess we can cancel that then.

Can I possibly place an order for the parts I would need to give it a shot myself? I assume I'd need the inductor, capacitors and MOSFET's. I have a soldering iron...but I'll need to look into getting the right solder and such....

Re: Dell XPS 600 Mobo Capacitors

Thanks for the replies guys. So I'm not much of a techy when it comes to mobo components/parts, but it sounds to me like you guys are suggesting this board may take more effort to repair than it's worth?

I've seen a couple other threads on here now with the same board and same issue. From what I read, the 'inductor' next to the two blown capacitors will also need to be replaced. Is this something the guys at badcaps can do as well? MOSFETS too? I certainly am not skilled enough with a solder iron to do this repair work myself.
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So I think I'm going to send this board into the guys at badcaps.net, but just thought I'd post some info and get some thoughts on it.

It's an old Dell XPS 600 that stopped working last year (I've replaced the computer since). However, I'd like to try to get this machine up and running again, as it wasn't a bad machine when actually working.

When it stopped working, it would turn on with the fans blaring, but that's it. No POST, no nothing. Upon further investigation, I spotted a couple bad caps on the board, along with some other attachment next to these two. On...