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Update: That 'simple' power supply swap in a Dell Optiplex 7050 turned into a 3 hour fight
Client brought it in for a new PSU, said it was a 10 minute job. The proprietary 8-pin motherboard connector was fused to the board from heat, and the plastic latch crumbled when I touched it. Spent over an hour carefully extracting the broken pins with tweezers and a dental pick before I could even seat the new unit. Has anyone in Phoenix run into this with the Optiplex 70xx series lately?
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joel_young16d ago
That's actually a 6-pin on the 7050, not an 8-pin. The latch on those is always a nightmare, lol.
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margaretj4016d ago
Remember the last time I tried to unplug one of those. Spent ten minutes fighting the latch, then my thumb slipped and I nearly launched the whole machine off the bench. They design those things to test our patience. I swear you need the fingers of a watchmaker and the temper of a saint.
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