Dell complaints

[Rocke_T_Sinetist]

http://www.aplusperfect.com/articles/fix-dell-cx305n-power-supply

All of Dell's Chinese vendors are using short-lived capacitors, deliberately. They're cheap, and they guarantee the product will not last beyond 2 years. Capacitors can easily be made to last 10-30 years, so there's little excuse for this connivance.

Motherboard capacitors are challenging to replace, because the board has 7 layers and it's hard to get them all hot at once for unsoldering. Power supply boards are much simpler. The box the supply is in requires disassembly, but if you're comfortable with that, you can fix a Dell power supply for a few bucks and a few hours.

The link above is to a computer repair service in Connecticut, which has kindly posted instructions with photos of what the bad caps look like and how to replace them. This particular supply is in the 5150/E510, but again, if you're comfortable with disassembly/reassembly, other supplies are similar.
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