ibm lga775 sff board.blown mcz

[kc8adu]

customer brought this in complaining of "fast write"errors and disk corruption.
hmmm wonder why????

[zandrax]

Re: ibm lga775 sff board.blown mcz

A leaking Rubycon? Which series?
Look at the KZGs (suspect ones?) and caps 3 mm above the pcb: did IBM fear the soldering could damage the board?

Zandrax

[gdement]

Re: ibm lga775 sff board.blown mcz

Look at the KZGs (suspect ones?) and caps 3 mm above the pcb: did IBM fear the soldering could damage the board?

IBM seems to do that a lot. They install caps with a lead spacing that doesn't match the board, so they leave a gap where the leads are bent outward.

[decried]

Re: ibm lga775 sff board.blown mcz

what brand of caps are these capacitors near 24pin connector? (pic #2) Small, without went, with letter "R" in frame logo. I have same on my Intel DP35DP mobo near audio output.

[zandrax]

Re: ibm lga775 sff board.blown mcz

IBM seems to do that a lot. They install caps with a lead spacing that doesn't match the board, so they leave a gap where the leads are bent outward.

Not very fond of this policy: leads can bend or short if they're long enough.

Zandrax

[bgavin]

Re: ibm lga775 sff board.blown mcz

Wow, looks like terrible quality control.

KC8: is that a special anti-static carpet on your bench?

Just curious, as I figured most carpet like that would be an ESD nightmare.

[kc8adu]

Re: ibm lga775 sff board.blown mcz

Wow, looks like terrible quality control.

KC8: is that a special anti-static carpet on your bench?

Just curious, as I figured most carpet like that would be an ESD nightmare.

it is just plain old carpet.
in the winter i spray once a week with staticide.

[370forlife]

Re: ibm lga775 sff board.blown mcz

Is it me, or is that board like 10 feet long?