Dell CPU Auto Restart Issue Solved
The DELL computer CPU came in for repair with the problem of auto restart issue. This means that it can starts to reset even without you pressing the reset button and sometimes it can auto reset many times within a very short period. Turning the CPU off and On does not help at all as the problem will resurface again.
The first thing to do is to open up the cover and check for bulged e-cap because for computer motherboard, bulged e-caps are commonly found. When I looked at the motherboard, I was a bit surprised to see so many e-caps either swollen or had its liquid chemical spilled out. See the pictures 1 & 2 below:
Total bad e-caps found were 11 capacitors- 1800uf 6.5v (8 pcs), 1500uf 6.5v (1 piece) & 820uf 6.3v (2 pieces). Once all the bad e-caps were replaced and powered On, the CPU came back to life without any auto restarting issue anymore.
This article was prepared for you by Palanisamy Palaniappan from Malaysia. He is 40 years old and has 10 years’ experience in handling equipment TV, Monitor and CPU.
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Albert van Bemmelen
November 27, 2015 at 11:31 pm
Good fix Palanisamy! Those e-caps keep on bulging or creating problems. it is about time they replace these old ones with new formulas.
Anwar Shiekh
November 28, 2015 at 12:13 am
I have a Dell that started crashing, but all the capacitors looked good. Ended up putting a little silicone oil on the CPU pins, and the problem never returned.
Albert Hoekman, Holland
November 28, 2015 at 12:44 am
Nice job and well explained!
Merlin Marquardt
November 28, 2015 at 1:45 am
Bad caps. Good article.
Parasuraman S
November 28, 2015 at 10:01 am
Good Job! Welcome! Keep sharing your experiences!
Yogesh Panchal
November 30, 2015 at 2:51 pm
Congratulations! Sir please keep sharing.
Martin
November 30, 2015 at 9:54 pm
The title was a bit misleading as the cpu is a chip, ie the microprocessor, whereas, you were talking about the base unit as a whole unit not starting up.
I was expecting an article about the microprocessor (cpu)
Andre Gopee
December 1, 2015 at 2:08 am
Great Repair. Thanks for sharing.
Pateresio Laliqavoka
December 8, 2015 at 9:52 am
Thank you for sharing the solution ,,,Do you have a list of repair in the last 12 months tabulated on one column are the symptoms and another column are the causes of faults and of course the next column is for the type of equipment , model no and probably serial number.....would be very good to share to the repair communty.
Thanks ,,,,,pate from Fiji