Slashdot article on Gigabyte mobo with SPAs

[linuxguru]

Slashdot discussion on Gigabyte motherboards with SPAs only in the VRM:

http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardwar...9/016259.shtml

However, the level of cluelessness has been increasing among Slashdot posters in recent years. Most claim that that capacitors rarely fail on motherboards, and cannot relate hard drive failures to bad PSUs, especially Deer/Allied and their ilk. It's probably no surprise that mobo/PSU manufacturers are reluctant to switch to high-quality electrolytics - the great unwashed masses that buy computers/consumer electronics just don't care about high-quality engineering any more, and in most cases cannot tell the difference anyway, even if they cared.

[willawake]

Re: Slashdot article on Gigabyte mobo with SPAs

no link to badcaps there ????

[Galvanized]

Re: Slashdot article on Gigabyte mobo with SPAs

Fourth message down someone linked badcaps.

[willawake]

Re: Slashdot article on Gigabyte mobo with SPAs

ooh i am going blind
thats going to fuck the server a little bit......

[toastygoodness]

Re: Slashdot article on Gigabyte mobo with SPAs

Sorry about a super late post, but I went on Gigabyte's site today to look at a manual, and was gonna post a separate thread but it seemed this was the same. Look on Gigabyte's site regarding the solid polymer caps that's on their front page... lol, here's an excerpt:

No more Exploding Capacitors - More Stability for over-clocking
Swelling and leaking capacitors have bothered motherboard users for ages. This dramatically lowers a PC's performance, and may even damage the motherboard to the point where it can no longer operate.
As there is no liquid component to solid capacitors they don't leak or explode. In addition, their ability to tolerate extreme conditions and their overall robustness, make them much more suited to extreme operating environments.

At least they acknowledge the sh*t they used to use.