Speaking of the little SX systems from Dell, Badcaps.net has a few of the SX270's available for sale.  These are super little productivity systems, especially for those with limited space!  For full details and pricing, click here.

  Also, Badcaps.net is pleased to announce that we now have premade kits for those ever-so-popular Dell GX280 and SX280 systems.  There has been a lot of demand for them recently, and since I had a few of them in the shop for repair, I figured this was a good time to tally up what is needed to make a complete recap kit for them.  To view the full list of premade kits, click here.

   Badcaps.net is pleased to announce that we are now able to accept repairs from across the ponds!!  The US Postal Service has simplified some things, making international shipments a lot easier to deal with!!  For all you in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and many other places around the world, we can now service your boards!!  While I'll tend to shy away from repairs from unstable regions for shipping reasons (Africa, Middle East, some places in South America, and so on), all of you in Europe and Australia can now get repairs completed from Badcaps.net!
 

   Badcaps.net was established in late 2002 to counter the bad electrolytic capacitor issue that has been plaguing computer hardware since around the turn of the century.  More than likely, if you're even reading this, you know what this site is about...  Incase you don't, I'll enlighten you.  This site was created to counter the bad capacitor problem that has been plaguing computer motherboards since about 1999 to the present day.  It now being 2007, I am STILL seeing later model  boards with this problem.  The tale behind why the capacitor problem exists in the first place is because of a large-scale industrial espionage foul-up.  Some component manufacturers decided to steal an electrolyte formula from another competitor.  Little be known to them, the stolen formula was incomplete and flawed.  They didn't discover this until it was too late and they had manufactured and distributed literally MILLIONS of these flawed capacitors.  However, it's been going on way too long to simply blame on an industrial espionage boo-boo in my humble opinion, as this problem is still extremely common, and hasn't slowed down.  Personally, I think it all boils down to shoddy components that are manufactured by shoddy component makers.

Most all the information about this problem is scattered in bloated forums, newsgroups, and unreliable (here today, gone tomorrow) websites.  That in itself is enough to make you throw your board in the trash!  I've gathered a lot of information, along with my own knowledge and experience, and created a central location to post it.  Hopefully this will bring your search to an end!
 

Preventative Maintenance?
   This question has showed up in my inbox a lot lately.  People are asking: My system works fine, it's stable, caps appear OK, and there's no problem, but I noticed that my caps are brands that are well known to fail.  Would a preemptive recapping be advisable?  YES!!!  Absolutely!!!  So many people don't address this until they actually have a failure, which typically leaves them in a bind.  It's a lot easier to fix it before it becomes a problem!  I wish everyone thought that way!!  Ignoring possible bad caps is as bad as duct taping your car's leaky radiator hose, you're just prolonging the inevitable.

NEW EXPRESS SERVICE!!
   Have an emergency repair???  Don't want to wait for the Standard Service?  Click HERE for details on Badcaps.net's new Express Repair Service!  The average turnaround time for Standard Repair Service is roughly 10-15 days in my shop (weekends excluded).  My new Express Repair Service reduces the turnaround time to no more than 4 days in my shop (weekends excluded)!!  Express Repair Service is an additional $25.00 per board, and is completely optional.  Full details HERE.

Badcaps.net Carries New Line of Caps!
   Badcaps.net is happy to announce that we will be carrying Samxon brand capacitors!  We are the ONLY US distributor for their GC and GD series ultra-low ESR electrolytic capacitors!  Fear not, we will ALWAYS carry the Rubycon MBZ and MCZ caps, which we are most known for.  However, the new line of Samxon caps will allow for more economical repairs and cap kits, as these caps are less costly.  I have personally tested these caps over the course of the last year or so to verify their quality, and they have performed excellent, I am yet to see one have any kind of failure.  I have complete confidence in these capacitors, or I would not even consider selling them to my customers!