Subj : Re: Intel: Once mighty, n
To : POINDEXTER FORTRAN
From : Cougar428
Date : Wed May 21 2025 06:24 am
-=> Quoting Poindexter Fortran to Cougar428 <=-
-=> Cougar428 wrote to ARELOR <=-
Ar> I don't buy it. We are already giving the IT industry too much leeway
Ar> to produce crappy products. Let them own their failures.
Co> I would be happy to let them own their failure, like I said AMD chips
Co> operated at such a high frequency to one up the competition that they
Co> did actually catch fire. I guess if you never had it happen to you,
Co> you would not appreciate the chaos.
PF> I supported Dell systems for a bunch of years. We started seeing
PF> failures with video failures on one model of laptop. Turned out the
PF> system put out enough heat to make a video component on the
PF> motherboard fail. Dell's solution, rather than re-engineering the
PF> existing motherboards and sending replacements, was to put our a BIOS
PF> update that set the fan blowing at a much higher (and more annoying)
PF> speed. We were large enough that they sent us a shipment of
PF> replacement systems with re-engineered motherboards to swap some of
PF> them out, but we still had a lot of systems blowing hot air.
I was also a Dell certified tech and replaced alot of motherboards due
to capacitor issues, but I think this was during the time when there
was a bad batch of capacitors and they would bubble and pop up the
ends. Wasn't just Dell at that time if I remember correctly. I was also
certified by Compaq/HP and those had the same issues.
PF> Those were bad times for Dell customers. About the same time, Dell
PF> Optiplexes began popping capacitors because of heat buildup. They got
PF> really good at swapping out motherboards.
I remember replacing boards in quite a few GX280's.
Sounds like you were at a larger shop than me. I worked for
Computerland and would do factory service calls.
Best regards and have a great day!
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