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Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.mandrake
From: Tony Sivori <TonySivoriMSWO...@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 18:57:50 -0400
Local: Tues, Aug 17 2004 6:57 pm
Subject: Re: Can I Add a New HD as a Fifth IDE Device?
squidge wrote: Leaking physically. The capacitors are defective. > Tony Sivori <TonySivoriMSWO...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> trouble is that I also need a video card, mine has leaking capacitors >> and it could fail at any time. > I find this statement astonishing! > Do you mean physically leaking as in, fluid escape? > If so you are unbelievably unlucky. This is a phenominally rare It is a common defect these days. Millions of motherboards are failing > occurrence in modern components. prematurely. http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2003Feb/bch20030207018535.htm http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/WEBONLY/resource/feb03/ncap.html http://www.motherboardrepair.com/ > Do you mean leaking as in, insulation breakdown. If so, you must have Getting the right capacitor locally in small quantities has proven to be > considerable skill and precision equipment to measure this. > It would seem you ave more than enough experience to simply replace the impossible for me. I phoned nearly every supply house and TV repair shop in my city. One sympathetic TV repair shop even special ordered the capacitors I needed to fix a MSI 6163 Pro (a BX based board) motherboard with bad caps. Three months went by and the caps never arrived. I canceled the order and the board still sits needing repair. -- You must Sign in before you can post messages.
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