I have been aware of bad caps for about two years now and have recapped
boards.
Most recently was a gateway profile with good caps except the two right under the heatsink fan assembly which was slightly clogged with dust.
They definetely got hot and ruptured.
This leads me to ask the old question of leaving a computer on or off.
It seems even quality caps can only take so much abuse from spikes, brownouts, and temperature.
I have told people to turn it off when you get up to leave.
I have never had much luck with hybernate, sleep, standby or whatever
because an external cdrom, usb memory,wireless keyboard or some other device always conflicts.
Leave it on and expect bad caps?
boards.
Most recently was a gateway profile with good caps except the two right under the heatsink fan assembly which was slightly clogged with dust.
They definetely got hot and ruptured.
This leads me to ask the old question of leaving a computer on or off.
It seems even quality caps can only take so much abuse from spikes, brownouts, and temperature.
I have told people to turn it off when you get up to leave.
I have never had much luck with hybernate, sleep, standby or whatever
because an external cdrom, usb memory,wireless keyboard or some other device always conflicts.
Leave it on and expect bad caps?
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