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I observed this behavior in a Dell system about a decade ago, but based on experience over the last 5 years or so with PowerEdge servers, installing a third-par
by otherjason 3y ago
I observed this behavior in a Dell system about a decade ago, but based on experience over the last 5 years or so with PowerEdge servers, installing a third-party GPU no longer triggers the (extremely loud) maximum fan-speed response.
- BizarroLand 3y agoEven if that's the case the damage is done. I still tell people about capacitor plaque and how we should have class actioned Dell out of existence over it
- mrtweetyhack 3y ago[dead]
- ornornor 3y agoWhy Dell specifically? Wasn’t all hardware that bought the cheaper capacitors affected?
- BizarroLand 3y agoBecause they were the most well known of the affected companies and they didn't really do much to repair the goodwill the issue cost them. Sure, they "put up $300 million for repairs" according to https://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2010/jun/29/dell-problems-capacitors https://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2010/jun/29/dell..., but I bet the lions share of that went to their largest purchasers, so the people who blew their school's IT budget on Dell computers were just SOL.