Hi Derrick,
I think that certain manufacturers took risks by using 6.3V capacitors on
the 5V line. In stuff I've built, or tested at work, we used 16V parts,
which are bigger of course, but they do have a safety margin. For the new
machine, the local PC shop has a P4 bare-bones box, still with a COM & LPT
connector (to handle all my legacy* stuff!), at 120€ + some RAM & a CPU, so
I'll get that. I was looking at some nice offers at Dell (with a 19" LCD
monitor), but they have no D-type connectors! *Maybe I should buy an Eprom
programmer with USB capability!
Regards,
Richard.be
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gaffer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 3:56 PM
Subject: Re: Mobo caps - again!
Hi Richard,
On Sunday 15 January 2006 12:55, Richard King wrote:
Hi,
I had the case open on my desktop, working on a spare disk, & noticed
some (more) leaking capacitors!
I fixed the problem, but I have to get a new PC darn quick! The
current one is 6 years old now!
Your complaining !! ;-)
I'm still getting good service out of ten and twelve year old or more
kit !! My network server is a 12 year old Dell !!!!
I still have and use my original IBM 6MHz 286 AT. That must be at least
25 years old..........!!! The date on the hard drive is 1981 and it
still functions without problems. Can't do much with 5Mb though !!!
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