On Wed Jan 19 01:51:11 EST 2011, aku...@mail.nanosouffle.net wrote:
> what's the form factor?
i'm easily confused by this stuffi believe it's miniatx. (atx - 3 inches of
depth.)
- erik
what's the form factor?
On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 6:58 AM, erik quanstrom wrote:
> On Sat Jan 15 04:25:22 EST 2011, st...@quintile.net wrote:
>> Its not faulty caps, they just have a limited life,
>> dried up electrolytic caps is the cause of most
>> electronics dieing of old age.
>
> is that lifet
On 15 Jan 2011, at 9:35 am, lu...@proxima.alt.za wrote:
Its not faulty caps, they just have a limited life,
dried up electrolytic caps is the cause of most
electronics dieing of old age.
In the days before I took up electronics as a hobby, valves were
seated in sockets because it was known th
On Sat, 15 Jan 2011, erik quanstrom wrote:
> On Sat Jan 15 04:25:22 EST 2011, st...@quintile.net wrote:
> > Its not faulty caps, they just have a limited life,
> > dried up electrolytic caps is the cause of most
> > electronics dieing of old age.
>
> is that lifetime 2 years?
>
> i have 3 va linux
On Sat Jan 15 04:25:22 EST 2011, st...@quintile.net wrote:
> Its not faulty caps, they just have a limited life,
> dried up electrolytic caps is the cause of most
> electronics dieing of old age.
is that lifetime 2 years?
i have 3 va linux machines here that are still working great
with no leaky
> Its not faulty caps, they just have a limited life,
> dried up electrolytic caps is the cause of most
> electronics dieing of old age.
In the days before I took up electronics as a hobby, valves were
seated in sockets because it was known that the equipment they were
used in would outlive them.
Its not faulty caps, they just have a limited life,
dried up electrolytic caps is the cause of most
electronics dieing of old age.
-Steve
> these are 6.6v 1800µF caps. see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague
I wasn't sure, but the issue has bugged me for a long time. Thanks
for the pointer.
++L
On Fri Jan 14 23:29:27 EST 2011, lu...@proxima.alt.za wrote:
> > oh, and yes. when pulling the old motherboard i noticed
> > about 2/3 of the caps are dripping.
>
> I wonder how that happened? Every hardware problem I have diagnosed
> and occasionally fixed in the last few years, from motherboar
lu...@proxima.alt.za once said:
> I wonder how that happened? Every hardware problem I have diagnosed
> and occasionally fixed in the last few years, from motherboards to CRT
> monitors to external power supplies (mains voltage converters) has
> boiled down to one or more 10μF electrolytics packin
> oh, and yes. when pulling the old motherboard i noticed
> about 2/3 of the caps are dripping.
I wonder how that happened? Every hardware problem I have diagnosed
and occasionally fixed in the last few years, from motherboards to CRT
monitors to external power supplies (mains voltage converters
i just got a new motherboard/processor. (amd 4x3.4ghz
with sb850) it just worked. boots in 10 seconds. same
old crappy plan 9 video perfomance. :-) its been a long
time since i didn't need to fight a motherboard. i did
notice this usb niggle when booting. i haven't tried usb
yet, so i don't
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