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Posted by Gunther Gloop on 10/03/06 23:30
Colin Wilson wrote:
>> Well it doesn't seem related to the length of time the pc is on
>> ...or to CPU-intensive actions.
>
> On a different slant here, what motherboard have you got, and do you
> know the approximate "vintage" / age of it ?
>
> My old machine had an ECS board which got progressively less stable in
> exactly the manner you describe, and changing the PSU and gfx card
> made no difference.
>
> Its hard for me to be definitive, but I strongly suspect one of the
> capacitors was failing on my board - could be the same on yours too.
>
> About 3-5 (?) years ago, many of the big-name manufacturers started to
> use a cheap chinese electrolyte made up from a stolen "ingredient"
> list in their capacitors, and many failed at around the 12-24 month
> old mark.
>
> My machine was on 24/7 which you would have thought would have
> enhanced the failure rate, but it far outlived the board I was
> supposed to have got (me and a mate ordered from Maplins at around
> the same time - my name was first on the list, but they contacted him
> and he got it - it failed rather quickly)
>
> Try taking the side off the machine and look closely at the capacitors
> around the CPU socket - if any have a slightly "domed" top (rather
> than flat) or you see any "oozing" fluid it could well be that.
Interesting... I'll do that tomorrow.
Yes it's around 3 - 5 years old... Medion PC, bought in Aldis. It has served
me well and is sooo quiet I could never go back to one of those fanny
models.
(well not the computer ones anyway)
-Kevin.
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