On Thu, 24 Nov 2005 09:28:06 -0600 Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Gerard H. Pille wrote: > > >Got feedback about the previous MB: a number of capacitors blown. > >Capacitors on the current MB look fine to me. > > > >Linuxing may harm your capacitors? > > > > > > We're a Dell shop where I work, and over the past couple of years have > had to replace a LOT of Dell mobos because of bad caps; our hardware guy > tells us that this seems to be true for many of Dell's customers lately. > He also tells us that Apple was having similar problem a year or so ago > with their one of their lines (all-in-one flat panel eMacs, maybe? > Mac-on-a-stick? I forget which model.). > I have seen capacitors leak, by power line over volts (don't know the exact expression) or changes... Here in my city in Brazil, this is normal to this happen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]