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Technical Help & Discussion => Self Building, Upgrading & General Hardware Help => Topic started by: bat69 on February 22, 2003, 10:15

Title: Motherboard capacitors
Post by: bat69 on February 22, 2003, 10:15

HERE (http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=195) is a little article describing a strange failure, based on the bad copying of a substance used in the capacitors .. bad news for a mobo

Title: Re:Motherboard capacitors
Post by: Lee on February 24, 2003, 19:46

I read about this story on slashdot a couple of months back.Its due to motherboards being made with capacitors that have an inferior water based electolyte.After a few months, hydrogen gas gradually builds up, and the rubber bung at the top of the capacitor blows off, spraying electolyte everywhere!!.

Heres a better explaination of the story:

http://slashdot.org/articles/02/11/04/1751210.shtml?tid=137

Title: Re:Motherboard capacitors
Post by: Clive on February 24, 2003, 20:14

That doesn't make very encouraging reading does it?  Not only for computers but for virtually all electronic equipment.  Thanks for sharing that with us Lee.

Title: Re:Motherboard capacitors
Post by: bat69 on February 24, 2003, 20:34

Thanks Lee and a very warm welcome to the forum ... hope you enjoy it here

 :welcome: :niceday: