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| Thread ID: 32968 | 2003-05-03 04:45:00 | Self destroying motherboards | Graham L (2) | Press F1 |
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| 140997 | 2003-05-03 04:45:00 | The May 2003 issue of Silicon Chip magazine has an article about a serioius problem with some motherboards. The electrolytic capacitors blow up.:D "When these capacitors fail, the signs are generally quite obvious. The top of the can may be split open or 'bulged' up and/or the can may be dislodged from its base (the rubber seal)." "... before catastrophic failure eventuates, all kinds of annoying symptoms can occur. These can range from intermittent boot failures to lockups in Windows. " This is suggested to be a problem with boards bought in the last 18 months or so, "especially it it's not one of the big name brands". Happy days. :D Buy the magazine ... it's a great electronics magazine, and only $7.50 . |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 140998 | 2003-05-03 04:51:00 | Just out of interest Graham. Is that the first thread you've started, other than the FAQ threads? I'm sure I can't remember any others that you've started. |
-=JM=- (16) | ||
| 140999 | 2003-05-03 05:43:00 | JM, that is exactly what I was thinking and going to say when I saw Graham's name in the Author box. :D | Susan B (19) | ||
| 141000 | 2003-05-03 05:51:00 | This is really strange, after all, electrolytics have been around since the 1920s and the first mains radios, and maybe earlier in glass jar laboratory form, yet it was reported that someone stole an electrolyte recipe to take to his new employer ( or something like that, havent seen the May Si Chip mag yet) and got it wrong, or missed something out. Lack of quality control yet again, like the homeopathic crap pills and mumbo-jumbo potions in the news at the moment (amazing what people will believe in, in this year of 2003, just like the middle ages) |
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