[asterisk-users] Re: Reg errors? Other anomalies? Check thosecapacitors!

Ira ira at extrasensory.com
Thu Nov 9 09:16:42 MST 2006


At 05:00 AM 11/9/2006, you wrote:
>Several motherboard manufactures in the last 3-4 years have had 
>capacitor problems, some reached the point of leaking others began 
>to cause problems on the machine after they began to swell. Both 
>Dell and IBM have replaced systems I know of and had the onsite 
>techs check for swollen or leaking capacitors.

I have an IBM where every single 470uf 25V cap on the board leaked at 
about 2.5 years. Replaced them all and it's still going strong. I 
think something went wrong in a capacitor plant somewhere a few years 
back and a whole bunch of bad ones got out in the wild.

Ira 



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