Re: DELL SX270 off EBAY

Hi, it's me again.
Here's the image, resized with Irfanview ( Nifty program ).
Basically, every capacitor with an "x" at the top is bulged (Nichi). The ones with a "K" are Rubycon's.
I am replacing the 820uF 6.6v caps with Rubycon 1000uF 10v caps. The Rubycon's are 8mm, where the only 820uF caps I can get are phillips, which are 10mm. This would be too tight in some areas. 1000uF is close enough in a filtering application....

Hi all, great forum.

I just bought a cheap DELL SX270 off EBAY, for my kids

Did a bit of a search around and found this site after winning the SX. Hmmmm, bulging cap problem.

Anyway the DELL works just fine, but look what I found when I opened it up to check

(ideally a link to a picture would be here, but the picture I took is too large and I don't have a program to resize it at the moment).

YEP, bulged caps alright, and one with it's guts spewed out the top.

Lucky for the kids that their dad is an...