[OT] Dodgy electrolytic in 3COM hub

I've got a Gigabyte motherboard from the same period with the issue ... three caps on the board are bulging or split on top. I bought three of the same model boards at the same time and only one of them have had that happen. Paul On Mon, 2004-03-15 at 16:32, John Boffemmyer IV wrote: >Ab-so-friggin-lutely. Bad, buldging, stained cap ='s bad cap. Same damned >thing happened on a 4 port NetGear Router I had and an ABIT KT7-A >motherboard. With the ABIT, it was a known problem to the point where 3 >shops cropped up in the US just to replace the bad caps. These were termed >by ABIT as unit repair technical facilities for their Customer Service and >Technical Support teams since ABIT apparently were cheap bastards and made, >oh, 100,000 of those boards with that issue with the same faulty caps. >NetGear is known for being cheap and a similar cap as the one you pictured, >blew in the 4 port router I had. Their tech support sucked and one of these >days, I'll just replace the damned cap myself. Good luck doing it. > >-John Boffemmyer IV > >At 03:48 PM 3/15/2004, you wrote: > > >>Hi folks, >> >>This is totally nowhere near the 10 year rule since the chips have datecodes >>of 9951 on 'em, but the theory of failure is the same. It's a 16 port 10/100 >>hub and it whistles like a bastard when its powered up. On dismantling I >>find that one of the electrolytic caps on the power regulator side of things >>is looking (to me) unwell in that it has a brown stain on the top over one >>of the joins: >> >>http://www.wowrarelook.co.uk/cap.jpg >> >>I gather replacement is necessary since it's obviously on its way out? >> >>Cheers all, >> >> >>