So now that I know what a popped capacitor looks like, I had another close look at the motherboard, and I see none that look suspect. So perhaps the processor did overheat due to dust or some such. Or maybe something else is wrong. Without video I have no other clues, so any further attempts at repair would be pure guesswork.
Allan Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> writes: > The little dells that are essentially a laptop board in a desktop > housing are famous for bad caps. The univ here is dumping mostly Dell > GX270s, although a few 260s still show up. If you do a search for > "GX270 bad capacitors" you will find lots of info about the POS > dells. I found this out too late. > > POS is not limited to emachines. HP/compaq and dell have plenty of POS too. > > >>On Tue, Jan 3, 2012, at 10:47 AM, Dan Penoff wrote: >> >>> If his MB has an AMD CPU, an Intel CPU won't fit the socket, I >>> believe. >> >>My other sources agree. I did get to see what a "popped" capacitor >>looks like though, and it's not exactly what I thought. Looking at the >>top of the can, it will appear slightly convex or "popped up," whereas a >>good one will be flat. I was looking for an actual split open can or >>something REALLY obvious, so I might well have missed it. I'll check >>again when I get home tonight. >> >>Allan >>-- >>1983 300D >>1979 300SD >> >>_______________________________________ >>http://www.okiebenz.com >>For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >>To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >>To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -- 1983 300D 1979 300SD _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
