Gerard H. Pille wrote: > Got feedback about the previous MB: a number of capacitors blown. > Capacitors on the current MB look fine to me.
Unrelated. See headline from this week. http://news.com.com/PCs+plagued+by+bad+capacitors/2100-1041_3-5942647.html > Linuxing may harm your capacitors? Nope, not in my experience. I've found the opposite is true, though... hardware sensative to heat often runs more reliably under Linux than Windows since Linux uses the HLT instruction whereas Windows spins the CPU at 100% for the CPU idle process... -- Paul Johnson Email and Instant Messenger (Jabber): [EMAIL PROTECTED] Got jabber? http://ursine.ca/Ursine:Jabber -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]