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  • The PIT
    Super MURCer
    • Aug 1999
    • 11901

    #1

    Bad caps interesting read.



    Against that my Abit KT133a belonged in one place. The bin. Which were I put it.
    Chief Lemon Buyer no more Linux sucks but not as much
    Weather nut and sad git.

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  • Dr Mordrid
    Moderator
    • Apr 2001
    • 26592

    #2
    ABITs are the only boards I've seen this problem on. They were massive failures denoted by the caps serially exploding like popcorn.

    My other boards are ASUS, MSI and Gigabytes with most of them being quite reliable, though I've run into trace burning near the first RAM slot on two Gigabyte GA-7VRX variants. Both resulted in the RAM in the first slot frying along with the board.

    Dr. Mordrid
    Dr. Mordrid
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    An elephant is a mouse built to government specifications.

    I carry a gun because I can't throw a rock 1,250 fps

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    • thop
      Super MURCer
      • Mar 2001
      • 2536

      #3
      check out http://forums.murc.ws/showthread.php?s=&threadid=39710 doc, either i'm unlucky or MSI wanted to save a penny as well.
      i have seen two caps blow on a ECS SIS 735 as well (not mine).
      no matrox, no matroxusers.

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      • The PIT
        Super MURCer
        • Aug 1999
        • 11901

        #4
        Epox are others mentioned. I ain't had a problem but what I've got don't overclock very well. 648 chipset. 5 mhz anything above that and it's send your motherboard back.
        Chief Lemon Buyer no more Linux sucks but not as much
        Weather nut and sad git.

        My Weather Page

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        • efty
          MURCer
          • Jan 2000
          • 429

          #5
          My Abit BX6 Rev1 is still running like a charm

          4.5 years now

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