http://www.mikerepairscomputers.com/blog/hardware/bad-capacitors-your-computer/ Computer news and commentary Thu, 03 Dec 2009 05:04:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.mikerepairscomputers.com/blog/hardware/bad-capacitors-your-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Jeff Barron Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:28:18 +0000 http://www.mikerepairscomputers.com/blog/?p=57#comment-8 I have an Intel x48 board (all new build e8400,ddr3,new drives,new video)and for some time have been having random crashes with no bsod or dump info. I thought it was PS which was 650w so I went to a 750w, continued after short while so thinking memory I swapped it all out for kingston, continued after a short while again, thinking must be video then going from a 7900 gt to a 8800gts acs series thinking most randoms happen while gaming and extra cooling from acs should help. Which it did seem better for awhile then it popped up again so I jumped to a 260 and played some newer games only to have it pop up again all this being random and many hours of av software later to rule out malware. I have all the latest drivers and have dumped on-board sound,lan which seemed to lessen the re-boot issues. I had to fix 4 dell 260 machines for work as none would run stable and after many hours of searching I cam across an article that said look for caps that didn't have a K stamped on them but had now a X of which all the dells were like that, so I opened my case to find many K stamps but also some X stamps and now wonder do I also have failed caps I have an Intel x48 board (all new build e8400,ddr3,new drives,new video)and for some time have been having random crashes with no bsod or dump info. I thought it was PS which was 650w so I went to a 750w, continued after short while so thinking memory I swapped it all out for kingston, continued after a short while again, thinking must be video then going from a 7900 gt to a 8800gts acs series thinking most randoms happen while gaming and extra cooling from acs should help. Which it did seem better for awhile then it popped up again so I jumped to a 260 and played some newer games only to have it pop up again all this being random and many hours of av software later to rule out malware. I have all the latest drivers and have dumped on-board sound,lan which seemed to lessen the re-boot issues. I had to fix 4 dell 260 machines for work as none would run stable and after many hours of searching I cam across an article that said look for caps that didn’t have a K stamped on them but had now a X of which all the dells were like that, so I opened my case to find many K stamps but also some X stamps and now wonder do I also have failed caps

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