Dell Clamshell Hell - Dells thermal nightmare pc's of the early 2000's. OptiPlex GX260, GX270, GX280

Dell GX260, GX270 and GX280 desktop style pc's.  Awfully bad design.

*Update - Fixing the temperature problem:
DE-HeLLification - Dell Clamshell ove...


00:00 Intro
00:55 Bad Caps
01:18 Air flow
01:48 CPU FAN / Thermistor
02:40 Capacitor Replacement
03:15 Multimeter Thermocouple Temp
03:21 Internal Temp Idle
03:27 Internal Temp 100% CPU
03:39 Fan noise / Bad cooling
04:10 Outro


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