Hi, http://64.55.181.130/news/geeknews/2003Feb/gee20030207018535.htm Just revealed that there is an epidemic of leaky capacitors. Read it and weep; pray your MB manafacturer will admit it. PeterB On Friday 07 February 2003 07:28 pm, Joe Morris (NTM) wrote:
On 02/08/2003 05:31 AM, Ken Schneider wrote:
I too had "HAD" an AMD computer. The went and not long after so did the ram, cpu and MB. I will never go back to AMD.
I had/have an AMD based server, and I would say it depends on more factors than just the CPU. I had an older Slot A AMD that both fans quit (SuSE 6.4, no sensors then). I didn't know it until the server could no longer connect to the internet (it was still working, samba, sendmail, pop3, etc., no need to reboot :-) ). After rebooting it, though, it couldn't boot, that is when I discovered the CPU fans had quit. I was able to fix it later (MSI MB) by replacing the capacitors surrounding the CPU (they had warped and failed), so the caps were the ones to give, but until now (after repairing) the CPU AND mb are still in use (this one is not the server any more). I do think the Slot A processors were better in the heat dept. though. My experience has been better with AMD than Intel, but we each have our choice. ;-)
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