Avoid Soltek Boards!

[japlytic]

Personally, we should avoid buying Soltek mainboards, because a lot of GSC brand electroyltic capacitors are bulging on them.

One of these boards was in a server at TAFE, and a few others were in build kits (training).

According to www.gsc-cap.com, they started business in mainland China in 2003 (This must explain why their electrolytics are failing!)

Until Soltek improves the quality and reliability of their boards through better electrolytic capacitors, avoid them at all costs, unless you want to risk damage to installed memory modules and even your CPU!

[Fatal0E]

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Current Soltek boards are decent, mine has almost all Sanyo and Chemicon, there are a few low value OST caps. But they have stopped making mainboards so dont have to think about them to much.

[Chris1992]

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heh the GSC site is a homepage on a taiwanese ISP. (: lol

[kc8adu]

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crap caps and a flash only site?
2 strikes!
fsck em!

[willawake]

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werent soltek the first to give out free replacement caps. they should be credited for that. at least they tried to make good somewhat when other manufacturers were denying everything.

have they really stopped making boards? they have a few on their site. Too much competition in graphics cards really, and these SFF systems are they really selling that great?

[Fatal0E]

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They are going to be come a "Manufacturing Agent" now. Exiting the mainboard business.

[MD Willington]

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werent soltek the first to give out free replacement caps. they should be credited for that. at least they tried to make good somewhat when other manufacturers were denying everything.

have they really stopped making boards? they have a few on their site. Too much competition in graphics cards really, and these SFF systems are they really selling that great?

Yes indeed!

Panasonic FJ

and (I think it's Sanyo) KZG

After I received them I got wicked sick for almost a month though LOL...Tamiflu to the rescue.

[AK0R]

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crap caps and a flash only site?
2 strikes!
fsck em!

File System Check? What good will that do? <grin>

[kc8adu]

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File System Check? What good will that do? <grin>

that was aimed at gsc.
and you read between the lines.<grin>
i refuse to install flash.it is used mainly to serve annoying ads.

[kc8adu]

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Yes indeed!

Panasonic FJ

and (I think it's Sanyo) KZG

After I received them I got wicked sick for almost a month though LOL...Tamiflu to the rescue.

were the caps shipped fron asia?
sars?
bird flu?

[MD Willington]

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Shipped from Taiwan...Jessica from Soltek or her associates sent them...

Hopefully H5N1 bird flu and I'm all antibodied up for the end of the world, I'll be in the cellar with the last 24 pack of toilet paper, keg of beer, Remington 870/ammo, and an assortment of quality Japanese electrolytics...

ROTFL...

[RoadKill]

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that was aimed at gsc.
and you read between the lines.<grin>
i refuse to install flash.it is used mainly to serve annoying ads.

Flash is awesome, you can disable it in your browser if you will but damn there are so many cool flash animations.

[kc8adu]

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Flash is awesome, you can disable it in your browser if you will but damn there are so many cool flash animations.

easiest way to block/disable flash is to not install it.
works for me.
only a fool would write an all flash website.
and i am not alone.a common question from my customers is how do i disable this dammed flash crap.

[willawake]

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flash is ok used sparingly.

this is definitely not sparingly but impressive though
http://www.freedomoftheseas.com/

[MD Willington]

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Will not be hard to avoid...they are out of the mainboard business now...