Re: Why do fluorescent Bulbs (CFL) last only a few months?

I've had an OSRAM 100w equivalent CFL in my room for at least five years and it's still very bright. It's used about 6 hours a day overall. This bulb was about £10 and is still just as good as new, apart from the plastic is going a tad yellow. I suppose you get what you pay for.

Interestingly it's made in Germany, not China.

Re: How bad are Ost caps realy?

I have an older Foxconn Winfast nForce 4 SLi board with some smaller OST caps and an Antec EarthWatts 380w with atleast one OST inside and no issues so far, no bulging.

Re: Post your bad experiences with Antec power supplies here!

I have an Antec Truepower Trio 550w. Should I at all be worried?

Re: ASRock board with bad caps

I'm located in the UK unfortunately. I'll try and get a pic today. Thanks.

Re: ASRock board with bad caps

Rightio. Checked the machine this time armed with a torch.

They are Taicon caps, 1000uf 6.3v.

What's it best to replace these with, and how much do you think it will cost?

Thankyou for the help so far.

Re: ASRock board with bad caps

Thanks for your response stevo. Are Taicon caps known to fail? I'll be able to get back round the Monday to check more so in detail, I assume I'll need to know the voltage? Anything else?

Hi there!

Got an ASRock mobo at a relatives place which I discovered upon removing a malfunctioning network card has leaking capacitors. I looked at the caps (I'm a noob to this to please excuse me) and they are of light-green colour with a gold strip down the side and have 1000uf written on the side, but I can't really give much more info on it. I will not have access to the machine until possibly monday, so for the moment I can't do anything.

I have narrowed it down to this board:
[url]http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=K7V88&s=462[/url]
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