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Originally Posted by NyteOwl  I must say I've never seen that high a failure rate in any
Yes, I have a Tyan in my internal web-server that dates back to 1998. It has been in almost continuous use and not a bulge in sight. I think the problem is not so much with capacitor (or resistor) technology, but with manufacturers today trying to use the cheapest components (and thus lower quality generally) they can get way with to cut costs - quality has suffered in the pursuit of profit and speed to market. |
Yes but what I don't understand is that they report those capacitors have a life time of around 8000 hours (for the ones they use on motherboards now) - how is it that we have both used motherboards for years, 24/7, and not one has bulged or leaked, and the boards running rock solid ? I've never used cheap generic power supplies, always used the top of the line ones with strict power regulation, even tigther than the current Intel specs, so maybe that helps, there again even PSUs are affected by this :D