Hello John,

WD>> OK ... but let me tell you this ... motherboards wear out.

JM> You can expect that to be caused by the old capacitors in a lot of cases,
JM> especially with random glitches as components are being fed by dried-out
JM> electrolytic caps. The rest of the solid state components will have
JM> lifespans likely orders of magnitude longer than those. If a board is
JM> important enough, it may be worthwhile to rejuvenate it via re-capping.

You are right. Mostly the vertical electrolytes will dry out.
After 29,5 years my Miele washing machine suddenly stopped pumping water away.
It seemed a dry solder joint at the relay. The repair man also replaced the
vertical capacitors, and two resistors which showed hot results at the print.
He replaced them by larger ones a bit more higher at the print to keep its
cooling better. This machine was only be running for 1500 hours of the 10.000
hours it could normally reach, so I can go on for many years I hope.

Henri.

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