We have 700+ GX270s that have had to have (1) video cards (due to on-card fans failing) and (2) power supplies ALL be replaced by Dell over the past 5 years (written to you from one of those GX270s). Now the capacitors are starting to fail...
________________________________ From: Tom Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 9:14 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Weird issue with older Dell PCs Hi Folks: We see an odd issue here with some of our Dell Optiplex machines, and one Dell Dimension. Most of these units are two years old or older. What happens is that the user turns on the machine, the fan goes into overdrive, (sounds like a 1U server starting), and then nothing. The user turns the PC off, waits 30 seconds or so, then can usually turn it on successfully. This is periodic on these problem PCs. These are GX260 and GX280 units mostly. I think the Dimension is a 4400 or similar. We haven't been able to determine the cause. Firmware is current, diagnostics run clean, too. Whatever it is the newer units don't seen to have this problem (yet). Suggestions? Tom Tom Miller Engineer, Information Technology Hampton-Newport News Community Services Board 757-788-0528 Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
