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On Wed, 2004-10-06 at 21:17, Christopher Fowler wrote:
> I have a MB that I just replaced last week.  I have 6 caps with bulgy
> tops.  Is it possible to replace those caps and get the board running
> again or does loss of those caps cause fatal damage to the board?
> 
> 
> On Wed, 2004-10-06 at 19:04, Vincent Fox wrote:
> > The Abit BX-133 board was famous for this. They used cheap
> > electrolytic capacitors and a marginal design. I had probably
> > six of these boards flake out on me. They don't usually fail in
> > a complete and obvious way they just start locking up or rebooting
> > occasionally when the 1st capacitor fails. As the load is taken up
> > by remaining capacitors in the string, they are under more stress
> > and then another one fails, and it becomes a bit less stable.
> > Continuing until 3 or 4 have blown at which point it becomes
> > obvious you have a hardware problem since it will no longer boot.
> > 
> > Have a PC that seems to be flaking out? Open it up and look for
> > capacitors with bulgy tops.
> > 
> > No single manufacturer seems to be guilty of this. I have had
> > one electronics type tell me that electrolytic capacitors all have
> > a finite lifetime anyhow but they are far cheaper so everyone uses
> > them. So don't expect any board to last 100 years in operation just
> > some will last longer than others.
> > 
> > > > Anyway, I seemed to remember someone on this list bemoaning poor quality
> > > > components in computers, and now I can testify to it.
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