I went through a spate of Dells (read skid) last year with every last one of them going up in noise, sparks, flames, and smoke. They were all sent to me by our head office for a desktop upgrade for my users. Not one Dell survived. I didn't even keep a record of the model number or S/N because they were all returned to H.O. for destruction. I'm trying to go through emails, but I honestly can't recall off the top of my head what the model number was (they were all the same).
-----Original Message----- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Friday, November 18, 2011 12:56 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Anybody else having large failure rates of Dell Power Supplys, SFF Model Optplex 390 and/or 790? We're having a very large failure rate of computer power supplies in 2 of our brand new labs. These are 2 labs of 32 computers each... one lab is Dell Optiplex 390 SFFs, the other is Dell Optiplex 790 SFFs. I think they use the exact same PS. Issues are either A) No power and no lights, B) Blinking yellow power lights and won't turn on, or C) *Poof* smoke. We have 8 failures in the past month out of 64 computers. I'm just curious if anybody else on the list is seeing similar failures for recent SFF dells... Sales rep contacted, I'm awaiting response. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
