[dillutedfixer]

Oh man, this brings back memories! I worked helpdesk for a mid-sized company in SF these years. Things got so bad with our Dell machines that I would call my local Dell repair tech and he would answer the phone with "Ok how many bulging capacitors this time?". We probably replaced at least 100 motherboards for bad caps in such a short time. Reflecting on that, the amount of e-waste generated from this must have been staggering.

Jerry - if you're reading this, you probably single-handedly kept that place running ;)

[ethbr0]

I remember desoldering and replacing caps on my dad's Dell OptiPlex board.

Was a good pitch for the value of a computer-related major instead of medicine.

[stefan_]

That's funny because these days we call Dell all the time for bulging lithium ion batteries in their laptops. I think they don't understand the concept of not charging them to 110%.

[Spooky23]

Yeah the Dell bulge rate is like 10x HP. The other fun one is their docks, which had a NIC bug tthat would brick the dock.