It wasn't just Dell, every manufacturer had bad caps in those years. MSI, ASUS, you name it. They all bought those cheap knock-off capacitors for their boards.
They lasted about 6000 hours - we could set it in a calendar and did so many RMAs. For the local 911 center, we'd replace the boards every 4 months, before the caps failed, because they just couldn't tolerate the downtime.
They lasted about 6000 hours - we could set it in a calendar and did so many RMAs. For the local 911 center, we'd replace the boards every 4 months, before the caps failed, because they just couldn't tolerate the downtime.