On Montag 16 Februar 2009, Harry Putnam wrote: > Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerar...@googlemail.com> writes: > > Do the easy thing first. Clean your case, reseat all cards and > > memory modules and check all caps while doing so. Any of them > > deformed? The 'head' going up? Strange stuff around its feet? > > Congratulation, you need new hardware. > > Sorry to be a numb skull here but what do you mean by `caps'
capacitors. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor that little black&white or green&white or black&silver or all silver cylindrical thingies that are all over your mainboard. Some of them are on your cards too. And this little guys aren't known for their robustness. In fact they don't like heat - dying very fast when things get hot. (excpet polymer/'solid' cap).
