Re: Firefox and Broadband users, READ THIS!!

Yep. Works great. Thanks.

Also, if you want to avoid the defrag woes and the popups and all the other hassles,
try PCLinuxOS. All the goodies that Vista promises without the bloat and the viruses, adware, etc, etc., goto [url]www.pclinuxos.com[/url], download PCLinuxOS2007.iso, burn to cd or DVD, pop into cd or dvd player and reboot.

PCLinuxOS will run off the CD/DVD (Live) so you can try it without installing to your hard drive. If you like it (and you will), then relogin as root and click on the...

Re: Soltek SL-75MRN-L

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Motherboard model is listed in title of post.
Got email back from Topcat this afternoon.
I am sending board to him for recap with Rubycom caps.
Typing this on my lappy as I don't want to unnecessarily fry
my desktop.

Just anxious to have it operated on and back in action.
Too solid a board to just trash.

I wasn't aware of the "BadCaps" nightmare until I bought some new ram. I'm glad I found this great site and forum.

Just added 2 GB of OCZ cas2 PC 3200 ram last week and noticed some bulging at the top of the caps around the dimms and the CPU socket when I opened up the case. These are the tall cans around .75 in tall. couldn't read the make or capacitance with all the stuff in the way.

Have had this board for 5 years and it is super solid. OC'd AMD XP 2500+ Barton to 2800+ 5 years ago with zero problems. Runs at around 47 degrees C.

I really...