-=> ROY J. TELLASON wrote to SCOTT JONES <=-

 SJ> As always, YMMV, but the only times I've seen any problems with ATX
 SJ> power supplies were in hostile environments that probably have
 SJ> killed an AT supply just as easily.  Meanwhile, this machine is on
 SJ> its third AT power supply in two years.

 RJT> I guess I'll find out when I get there.  

Yep.  That's what makes it fun.


 SJ> including a year-old Soyo mb. The Soyo has *11* bad caps. It'll be
 SJ> a whole lot easier and cheaper to buy a new board than to replace
 SJ> those, unless anyone knows where I can get 2200uF 10V high-temp
 SJ> caps for cheap.

 RJT> On looking closer at some of this stuff I'm amazed at how small some of
 RJT> them are getting for the values that are in there.  But then,  that's
 RJT> been happening for as long as I've been into this stuff,  several
 RJT> decades now.

Yeah.  I was looking at the website for a company that sells obsolete
and surplus parts, along with new stuff.  Pretty interesting stuff.  A
lot of military, NASA and telecom surplus (www.surplussales.com).  Since
they are located only a couple of miles from me, I might have to go down
just to browse.

 RJT> How are you testing those caps?  I see lots of references to ESR
 RJT> meters,  but that's not something I'm likely to want to invest in
 RJT> anytime soon.

I didn't need to test them.  With the ones on the GigaByte board, they
were hot to the touch and the tops were bulging.  The ones on the Soyo
have bulging tops, and the electrolyte has been leaking onto the board.



Scott Jones (scott at exti dot net)
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