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I wanted to follow up on this issue. I was contacted by Frank Krieber, MSU Dell Account manager this morning. Scott Thomas had gotten in contact with about my concerns over the MB/capacitor issue we have been experiencing. Frank shared that Dell has automatically extended the warranty of the GX270 / GX280 install base to cover any motherboard failures around this capacitor issue till Jan 2008 at no cost the customer. To obtain service you would call Dell to obtain replacement. Frank provided a PDF of the Out Of Warranty Support Program stating the extend warranty coverage on these machines. It is normally frowned upon to send file attachments to list servers so if you are interested, let me know and I will forward a copy of the PDF directly. Frank assured me that if calling for support and you state you have one of these systems with the capacitor problem, there should be no issue in getting a replacement MB sent within the extended warranty period as their support people have all been informed of the issue and the extended warranty offering. Again thanks to all your feed back. And thanks to Scott Thomas for making contact with Dell to ensure the issue was addressed. - Al -- =============================== Al Bray Systems Analyst University Services Michigan State University Phone: 517-355-0357 Ext. 161 Fax: 517-353-2024 email: [log in to unmask]