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

[Tim Panton]

On 9 Nov 2006, at 16:16, Ira wrote:

> 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.

Yep, I had a VIA motherboard go bad last week, it started crashing  
every few days, then every few minutes.
When I looked inside I could see that some of the caps had distinct  
'domes' on the top where they should be flat.

My supplier say it was out of warranty (3years old) but supplied me a  
new empty MB at a reducde cost,
I swapped it in and was good to go.

Lesson: Next time you open up a 3 year old server look at the  
electrolytic caps, if they look like alien is about
to hatch from them, then start thinking about getting a replacement....

Tim.

Tim Panton

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