Fred:

Thanks for this information. I bought a couple of Windows PC's in this time frame and was fortunate to have missed this problem.

Rich


On 12/2/2018 06:40, Fred Gleason wrote:
On Dec 2, 2018, at 04:55, Rich Stivers <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

Has anyone had any positive or negative experiences with installing Centos 7 on an Optiplex 3060 Tower? Seems like I
remember someone mentioning Dell motherboard capacitors failing.

That was much more an industry-wide problem, (allegedly due to problems with certain passive component suppliers in eastern Asia), which reached its peak in the mid/late-2000s and has been in steady decline ever since. I have no specific experience with the Dell Optiplex line, but I would not expect it to have any particular problems with failed capacitors relative to any other reputable brand.

You can read more about the ‘capacitor plague’ of the early 21st century at:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague

Cheers!


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