[TriLUG] bulging caps on mobo

Carl Crider c.crider at gmail.com
Mon Dec 12 13:48:49 EST 2005


yeah, i hear ya. i've gotten some decent info there, but can live
without partially-formulated-electrolytes.

On 12 Dec 2005 13:43:38 -0500, jonc <jonc at nc.rr.com> wrote:
>
> Nice site. I'm waiting for the James Bond movie to come out :-)
>
> <the cause of the bad capacitors is blamed on ill-informed corporate
> espionage, where the bad guys only grabbed a partial formula for the
> electrolytes - used in the making of the capacitors - so the copied
> versions eventually dry out and go "boom">
>
> Jon
>
> On Mon, 2005-12-12 at 11:14, Carl Crider wrote:
> > good resource for anyone that takes it off your hands.
> >
> > http://www.badcaps.net/
> >
> >
> >
> > On 12/10/05, Kevin Otte <nivex at nivex.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > I have an Epox EP-8K3AE (an Athlon mobo) here with the infamous
> "bulging
> > > caps" problem.  If someone here would like it to try and replace the
> > > capacitors, it's yours.  If noone wants it, I'll likely toss it in the
> > > dumpster, as it is somewhat unstable in its current condition.
> > >
> > > -- Kevin
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