Topic: Motherboard capacitors

[bat69]

HERE is a little article describing a strange failure, based on the bad copying of a substance used in the capacitors .. bad news for a mobo

[Lee]

I read about this story on slashdot a couple of months back.Its due to motherboards being made with capacitors that have an inferior water based electolyte.After a few months, hydrogen gas gradually builds up, and the rubber bung at the top of the capacitor blows off, spraying electolyte everywhere!!.

Heres a better explaination of the story:

http://slashdot.org/articles/02/11/04/1751210.shtml?tid=137

[Clive]

That doesn't make very encouraging reading does it?  Not only for computers but for virtually all electronic equipment.  Thanks for sharing that with us Lee.

[bat69]

Thanks Lee and a very warm welcome to the forum ... hope you enjoy it here