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systek
PhDh--Doctor of Dellhateology
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| diashto wrote: | | but even so, the customers aren't supposed to be swapping things like that without Dell certifications, for warrantee purposes, right? |
customers can replace internal parts which saves dell money. now if a customer tries to take a notebook apart, that is another story  |
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diashto
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| Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:24 am Post subject: |
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| customers -can- do alot of things.. that doesnt mean they're supposed to under the warantee. |
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systek
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| Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:42 am Post subject: |
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| diashto wrote: | | customers -can- do alot of things.. that doesnt mean they're supposed to under the warantee. |
let me rephrase, replacing parts by the customer does NOT void the warranty on desktop systems or servers. The customer does NOT have to be dell certified to do this work (DCSE). |
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systek
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| Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:50 am Post subject: |
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I just found the warranty page that no one ever finds, much less gets to read:
http://www.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/policy/en/policy?c=us&l=en&s=gen&~ck=lf&~section=010
btw, you can purchase parts only warranty...guess who replaces the parts that is the base warranty you can get on a desktop and the terms build from there. The warranty info on that link doesnt answer your question clearly though. it states that dell will | Quote: | During the remaining years: For the remaining period of the limited warranty, we will replace any defective part with new or refurbished parts, if we agree that it needs to be replaced. When you contact us, we will require a valid credit card number at the time you request a replacement part, but we will not charge you for the replacement part as long as you return the original part to us within 30 days after we ship the replacement part to you. If we do not receive the original part within 30 days, we will charge to your credit card the then-current standard price for that part.
We will pay to ship the part to you if you use an address in the United States, (excluding Puerto Rico and U.S. possessions and territories). Otherwise, we will ship the part freight collect. We will also include a prepaid shipping container with each replacement part for your use in returning the replaced part to us
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this whole section implies you replace the parts, not an onsite tech... |
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bobroe1214
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| Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 7:38 pm Post subject: GX280 motherboard failure |
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| I'm new here.. And have read all the awful stuff about the GX280 mothewrboard failures.. Now that it is passed Jan 2008 what's a guy to do with a bad board in MY GX 280 ?? |
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Rocke_T_Sinetist
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| Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 12:16 am Post subject: |
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Toss the whole thing and start over with something NOT Dell. Don't throw money at it.
They never really solved the bad capacitor issue. It still happens. A 280 motherboard bought 'new' today--if you even can--likely has the same capacitors and is the same age as the one you're having a problem with. Capacitors age whether they are in use or not.
If you're very accomplished at soldering 7-layer boards, it's 'possible' to fix a 280 board for about $20, replacing ALL the caps. Otherwise, drop the thing off at Staples for recycling.
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