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ExtremePCs   05-06-2008 at 01:41:17 PM

Dell has a huge problem with their Optiplex 620 power supplies. It's another capacitor issue. We have had nearly half of our 200 units fail in leass than 1 year. We are not alone, so this is no "fluke". Check out this thread on the Dell forums:

ttp://www.dellcommunity.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=Desktops_Workstation_Optiplex%26message.id=7334%23M7334

Someone at Tom's, please report on this so Dell will own up to the problem and do something about it!

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lolitha   05-08-2008 at 09:51:30 AM
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Their PSU 's been always like that . crappy !!

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callpocket   03-20-2009 at 02:05:45 AM
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I've had a couple of failures in the last month on the Optiplex 620, but changing to a new power supply cord/block does not fix it. Spontaneous reboots and fans running at full speed -- IMHO -- this is a board issue, not a PSU issue.

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cjl   03-20-2009 at 03:07:32 AM
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lolitha wrote :

Their PSU 's been always like that . crappy !!



Actually, Dell PSUs are surprisingly powerful. They are low wattage, but they can easily deliver the rated wattage, and have quite a bit on the 12v rail. I would say that Dell PSUs are quite good for what they were designed for - running basic to midrange computers reliably, with as few failures as possible but still with a reasonable cost.

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qwazzy   03-20-2009 at 05:55:53 AM
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I agree. I'm on a Dell Dimension 3000 all the way back from 2004. The PSU has been amazingly reliable, and it's only 300w running a 3.0 Ghz P4.

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