waldo kitty wrote: > On 1/29/2012 17:41, Lars wrote: >> Anything that has Capacitors in it which use wet electrolytic, can dry >> out >> with age. Old stereos that crackle when you turn up the volume are an >> example. In motherboards though it seems it's more a problem that >> capacitors blow up and bulge out which is probably from usage rather >> than >> idle age. > > speaking as a hardware man, these components are easily replaced... in > many > cases, if the board's traces are damaged, they, too, can be repaired... i > am > still replacing capacitors on boards from that old problem where > capacitors were > purchased from manufacturers that fell to the capacitor espionage > situation of > some, what?, 15 years ago? >
I have replaced capacitors too, on car electronics and stereos, with great success. Even you can get better capacitors that don't dry out. _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
