Subject	from the engineers who designed the boards.
Posted by	Marshall on June 17, 2001 at 1:40 PM
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In Reply To	UHhhh, where'd you hear the capacitor trash from? posted by AshsZ (In Florida) on June 17, 2001 at 01:35 PM
Message	I worked for a motherboard manufacturer for a couple of years, and I was in contact with the board designers on a daily basis. Apparently electrolytic capacitors have a short life in this application. That's why we switched over to tantalum capacitors (the yellow dipped kind)
Follow Ups	Okay, hardware gurus >> - JaimeZX™ 13:02:22 06/17/01 It's either Win2K or the MB - F8IZHIS 13:10:01 06/17/01 spoken like a guy who doesn't know what he's doing. - Marshall 13:23:41 06/17/01 I didn't say they were unstable or anything of the sort - F8IZHIS 13:28:59 06/17/01 Sorry, it came out sounding worse than I meant it to. - Marshall 13:37:42 06/17/01 AMD RuleZ..I got away from Intel way back in the K6 days! - NA300ZX (TPA, FL) 13:31:52 06/17/01 Yeah, AMD is great, but he has a K6 300 - Altered BeaZTT 15:46:59 06/17/01 Are you sure the CPU isn't overheating? - Marshall 13:15:31 06/17/01 UHhhh, where'd you hear the capacitor trash from? - AshsZ (In Florida) 13:35:17 06/17/01 from the engineers who designed the boards. - Marshall 13:40:52 06/17/01 W2K rox - you got hardware issues. >>> SOLUTIONS >>> - AshsZ (In Florida) 13:33:45 06/17/01 unless the Bios became corrupted, I don't think flashing - Marshall 13:49:14 06/17/01 w2k is too unstable. - nixit 15:56:18 06/17/01 www.pricewatch.com, elane and roger will will finally come - chivas 13:51:09 06/17/01 Check your drivers and hardware for your video and sound.... - james-lee 13:56:00 06/17/01 Mmmm Salma Hayek... hehe (other ?s) >> - JaimeZX™ 14:09:05 06/17/01 Well 32 C. is 78 F. So I think you are running too hot. (n/m) - james-lee 14:21:02 06/17/01 thats well within spec. - AntiHero[Z-Less] 15:02:37 06/17/01
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