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January 9th, 2011 16:00

XPS 710 compatible motherboard

In short, I've had my XPS for a few years now, and the motherboard finally died. It would boot, the fans would come on and stay on, but there would be no post beeps, the front lights would not come on, and there was no information going to the monitor. The amber light on the motherboard also remained on. After researching, I found that this series of motherboards used some "less then par" capacitors. I inspected my board and yep, there was a capacitor that had the bulge and was leaking. I will try to replace that capacitor, but I'm afraid that more will go. So my question is are there any motherboards and converter kits out there so I can upgrade, or am I stuck with what I have now. Thanks for the help!

  • Davet50

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    Posted January 9th, 2011 16:00

    710 or 720 mother board. The power supply will only work with a 710/720 mother board, so you would need a new one. Then a new copy of windows as Dell disk will not work on a non Dell board.

    Short story Unless you can fine one on Ebay either a 710 or 720 board(which would require a few extra parts to add in) your are out of luck. IF you try Dell and they do have any they will run between 400 and 500 for a new board.