If you don't mind saying what model of are those workstations? Jon
On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 2:58 PM, Maglinger, Paul <pmaglin...@scvl.com>wrote: > Not power supplies, but we're seeing a rash of Dell workstations dying on > us. Opening the case reveals 5 swollen capacitors near the CPU. As far as > I know Dell still refuses to acknowledge it is a problem, although > according to Google searches it seems to be pretty common. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] > Sent: Friday, November 18, 2011 11:56 AM > 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 > > ~ 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
