Dead Caps on MB? Here's Why

[Cwizard]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/3/29222.html

Here's why so many mbs have been going bad. :eek:

Cwizard

[jad1097]

Bad caps are not limited to newer boards though. I wonder if this is the reason this is happing on older boards too.


http://xtremepccentral.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=3549

[Cwizard]

Could be. No telling how long these bad caps have been in the pipeline.

Cwizard

[Axel]

so much for loving asus and gigabyte - my two favorites..... - man, the bean counters get you every time - a lil capacitor, of all things....

but there'll never be a recall...... too expensive, and the PC market is down to a very low profit margin as it is.....

[earthling]

Was looking at an ASUS as my next board too.....might have to re-think that.

[rpreacher]

Oh man! I just put together 8 machines all with Gigabyte boards! No problems other than one board being bad due to a bad Power Supply that was shipped with it. Power on... click click.. click click... Doh!

Hopefully none of those machines run into problems in the future as they are all at one facility. All but the bad one... it's my house :(

[Mntsnow]

Well I just had Gary Headlee do my backup mobo for my PDC tonight on my way home from work. All I can say is Wow. The guy is good! Check out the images of the mobo's that I had him do. both before and after shots. http://www.xtremepccentral.com/gallery//showgallery.php?cat=507&thumb=1

[caddmannq]

So where do I get some good caps? My Abit based Athlon has toasted every one!

[Mntsnow]

If you do feel like you can do it your self Gary does sell cap kits as well.

http://www.xtremepccentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3856

In there I have a link to Gary's website as well