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Linker
10-08-2004, 12:20 PM
Recently came across this problem with a HP Pavilion XT 936 computer using the Trigem (Santa Fe) motherboard.
Of the companies listed that have a history of these bad capacitors I have not seen HP on the lists but this motherboard had them.
It does not appear HP (and many others) is going to admit to using the defective capacitors. (Luxon Electronics and others).

Many people report replacing the capacitors brought the systems back to life but always test the power supply after a motherboard failure.
This HP system uses the SFX power supply (ATX 1523D) and it was bad.

http://home.earthlink.net/~doniteli/index27.htm
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/bizsupport/questionanswer.do?admit=716493758+1097019863228+28 353475&threadId=73356

http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/WEBONLY/resource/feb03/ncap.html
http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2003Feb/bch20030207018535.htm
http://www.epinions.com/content_3906576516
http://www.badcaps.net/ident/
http://www.senie.com/dan/technology/badcaps.html
http://scottstuff.net/scott/archives/000270.html
http://www.pcguide.com/vb/showthread.php?t=25482

EdgeCrusher
01-16-2006, 03:15 PM
I may be needing a new set of glasses, but... how does this relate to drivers?

Jerry K
01-17-2006, 08:42 PM
I may be needing a new set of glasses, but... how does this relate to drivers?

If your looking for drivers, you're in the wrong section. Linker's post has every right to be here. After all this is a Technical Support section (not a driver request forum) and his post is more in order than yours.

Linker... thanks for the heads up.