You can replace the caps yourself. Here are two links that sell sets of
caps for the GX 270
http://thecapking.com/gx270.html
http://www.badcaps.net/store/product_info.php?cPath=1_4products_id=2
Bad Caps will also do the job for you for a price, He's located in Mizzou.
Russ W.
On 12/14/2011
Low wattage iron (double sided circuit board) and solder wick or sucker.
It's probably old enough to not have SMDs, so you should be able to use regular
60/40 solder as opposed to the low temperature stuff.
Just locate where the leads come through, make a mark or take a photo to
remember
I got one of those (similar, a 745) a coupla weeks ago for free from the
Habitat for Humanity resale shop, it was something in a dining hall
according to its identifier sticker. A buddy works there, they had
wiped the HD and taken off the XP sticker code but I had an old dead
Compaq with a
The cap should be common enough that he can find one at Radio Shack.
I just upgraded my 20 CoreDuo iMac to a Core2Duo last week. It just so happens
that the CoreDuo iMacs have socketed processors, which is unusual. Typically,
they are soldered to the motherboard. $105 on eBay and an hour's work
I picked up a Dell optiplex GX270 cheap. It cost less than used
memory for the old box I am running. Loaded XP on it and could not
get the built-in network to work. I tried adding a Gigafast network
card, and it would not recognize that. I seemed to remember having
problems with driver
GX270. Sounds like some horrible Lexus.
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On Dec 15, 2011, at 12:00 AM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote:
I picked up a Dell optiplex GX270 cheap. It cost less than used memory for the
old box I am running. Loaded XP on it and could not get the built-in network
to
POS winders box as opposed to a POS overpriced toada
has 4 slots for drives vs. has 4 wheels (unless you parked it in the
right part of town; then it has no wheels)
GX270. Sounds like some horrible Lexus.
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