Has anyone heard about this?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague
I recently had to change the mobo on a Dell Optiplex. There was a cap on the board which was obviously popped. When I mentioned this to a coworker, he sent me this link the next day. I called Dell about this PC, which was 6 months past its warranty period, and the most they would do for me is give me the phone number for the spare parts division.
Spare parts didn’t even have a board available, but told me that they’d contact me when they had one. Of course, they’ve never called back. I found a re-spiffed board on-line, and it’s running again. The electronics guy here is going to order a cap and try to replace it on the board, but this really tweaks my nose hairs if Dell (or HP or any other mfg) is just hiding a problem they had.
Has anyone else had problems of this nature that were covered beyond warranty period? If so, by which manufacturer?