The cheapest way to have a machine die on-time is to put in capacitors that will die in 2, 3, or 4 years, depending on how long you want the product to last.
This is not a quality issue, but a death at a predetermined time issue. On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 11:56 AM, Matthew W. Ross <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 [email protected] > 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 [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
