Re: Dell BIOS

["Martin McCormick" <martin.m@suddenlink.net>]

Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> writes:
> What models are they? If of approximately 2002 to 2007 vintage, they could
> be victims of the bad capacitor plague:
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague

	Interesting article. These dells could possibly be in
that group as one has a BIOS date of August 1, 2001 and another
is July 12, 2000. Both are Dell desktops so they could possibly
be in that group. By the way, very few electronic malfunctions
are quite as spectacular as an electrolytic capacitor that
develops a sudden and catastrophic internal short.

	It sounds like the caps discussed in the article have a
safety valve in the form of the vent but nothing short of high
explosives equals an electrolytic filter cap popping.

	It sounds like a firecracker and throws more aluminum
foil shrapnel than one could think would fit in the case.

	I had one about the size of a thumb blow up on me once
and I could still find pieces of plastic and foil 6 months later.

	Thanks for the link to the article.

Martin McCormick WB5AGZ