Ouch Dell GX270

[breezer]

We know there was a problem but after the mini heatwave a week or so ago 30 of our gx270s have expired and are going at about 5 a week. The capacitor must be made from popcorn.

Good job for 3yr next day support.

Bad job for Dell as the gx270s are up for replacement in August.

Breezer

[Jammrock]

We've had a lot of GX270 failures, too. But the caps blew because our retail stores were overloaded on USB devices.

[MultimediaMan]

We have had significant issues with GX270s as well. Lots of bad Caps.

There are something like 3 versions of the GX270...The largest takes a standard half-height CD-ROM: these are the oldest machines. Then you have newer GX270s which have the smaller chassis very similar to the GX260 but no SATA - they accomodate a laptop style CD-ROM: these are the ones we are having problems with the most; we've also seen overheating problems, but I think that is more of a placement/mounting issue than a problem with the PC.

The SATA GX270s are fairly trouble-free.

The GX520s are rattle traps. Their side panels do not seem to fit very well.