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wonderful person jayWHY <jaywhy2.DeleteThis@comcast.net> said
>> See my thread about 8RDA+ dead .. then check your capacitors VERY
>> carefully for bulges and leaks. How old was the board .. the ones from
>> early 2003 appear to have reached the end of their lives in some cases,
>> unless you can be bothered to have them repaired (admittedly mine was in
>> use 24/7).
>
>You're right. A few of the green capacitors are bulging and one of
>them is actually leaking from the top. However, I'd still love to
>know exactly how a bulging or leaking capacitors causes a failure in
>shadowing.
>
>Hopefully I can return this thing.
If the capacitors start failing =anything= can happen (especially if
they've leaked all over the motherboard traces). In particular you'll
observe there are some right in there with the memory sockets, so it
will be no surprise to learn that the memory can 'go away' (for all
values of 'go away' from 'occasional 1 bit errors' to 'DIMM? what
DIMM?').
Lotsa luck with your return - you should have a 2 year warranty (and the
oldest 8RDA+ boards are only about 18 months old), but as I noted in the
other thread, it may be more hassle / expense to collect than it's
actually worth.
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