Serious problem with Dell Optiplex GX270 SFF
We've just started discovering quite a few of the GX270's we have , have bulging faulty capacitors, we've checked 13 GX270s - about 6 of them have bulging capacitors and 3 of them have died - most capacitors behind the CPU at the back, and one next to the memory slots.
After some futher research, it appears as though it's a common problem, with someone reporting they have around 1000 GX270s with the problem - thankfully they're still under warranty and Dell will replace the motherboard.
Symptoms include randomly restarting PCs. Other PCs have completely died.
Pics: (capacitor nearest the memory - bulging)
http://storage.msn.com/x1pfkRmU0-KkU...yKdwMRmADrxQ6w
Capacitors behind the CPU bulging and leaking:
http://storage.msn.com/x1pfkRmU0-KkU...FJekGw5l3UuIkA
Capacitors behind the CPU bulging and leaking:
http://storage.msn.com/x1pfkRmU0-KkU...IlY9l6PTsieRbg
Re: Serious problem with Dell Optiplex GX270 SFF
Hi I wanted to know. What if the PC was bought without the worranty. And i wanted to Replace the Monther board. Please give me advice about which mother board should i replace it with.
Re: Serious problem with Dell Optiplex GX270 SFF
Wow. Way to resurrect an old thread!
Most business will be at the point where they are disposing of old GX270s, or have already done so. You might be able to pick one up a cheap GX270 motherboard in a 2nd hand computer store, or they seem to go for £20-40 on ebay (if you must). We're pretty much at the point where we would be disposing of our GX280s!
However, the risk of picking up/buying an old GX270, whether it's the whole PC or just the motherboard, is that it will be one of the affected models with the bad capacitors.
Do you really want to resurrect your GX270?
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haha i would never recommend buying a pc pre built unless you know the builder themselves places like Dell mass produce them and choose low grade products to save money.
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Vhero, not everyone has the choice to build themselves. I am fortunate enough to be able to build my own pc and enjoy the experience... however the thought of my mum with a pile of PC components and a screwdriver just scares me :surprised:.
My current PC is self built (complete 2 weeks ago), and it is very fast and exactly what I wanted etc...however my previous PC was a Dell 8100 which is 7 years old and still runs perfectly well, so I couldn't be too critical of mass produced PCs. There will always be poorly designed components, such as the mobo in this case, but these components can just as easily find there way into a self build as a mass produced one.
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Ok, i know this is an old thread, but i found it while searching google for pics of my computer. I have an Optiplex gx270
I'm kind of curious... why didn't anyone just replace the caps ?????? No need to change a whole entire motherboard. What a waste of money. ;)
That's all you had to do. They cost about 20 cents each. 6 caps in each computer. Unsolder old, solder in new, and !violia!, perfect working computer. :0)
I only registered so I could put this post up, LOL.. I've never been to these boards, ;)