> > If you open it (very easy, two buttons, no tools) to take a > look and find no caps to be obviously bad, odds are its prior reliability > will remain intact.
I took a look, and the capacitors seemed to be fine. One had the slightest bulge, but was a smaller cap and didn't seem to be out of control leaking. If I get to it, I might check the values printed with a capacitance meter to see if they have lost any capacitance. I don't have a way to measure ESR, which would be nice, telling me which ones have a greater chance of heating up. On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 5:02 PM, Felix Miata <mrma...@earthlink.net> wrote: > Skyler F composed on 2015-05-29 16:40 (UTC-0600): > > > I got it from my Grandpa because it was sitting at his house with no use. > > > I used to use the computer as my primary AllStar link node [1] and has > been > > running 24/7. This computer fits the era of bad caps. Yikes, glad my cap > > did not fail or cause a fire while it was in full time use! > > > I don't think I want to get in there unless a cap actually fails, there > are > > so many caps, it would be a pain to solder all of those. This computer > > won't have that kind of use anymore. > > What I wrote was meant mainly to inspire investigation prior to getting > dependent on it. If you open it (very easy, two buttons, no tools) to take > a > look and find no caps to be obviously bad, odds are its prior reliability > will remain intact. If some are bad, it would only be those of that rating > that you would consider replacing, most likely somewhere between 3 and > about > 20-24, all being those of relatively larger physical sizes. The risk > applies > to caps in its power supply, which if goes bad can kill a motherboard. > -- > "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant > words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) > > Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! > > Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > -- Skyler Fennell amsatnet.info KDØWHB electricity...@gmail.com
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