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Originally Posted by Codetapper
Who is still using a PC made in 1992? PCs die far quicker!
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I was using a dual Pentium MMX 233MHz system as a fileserver until a year ago, or so. Switched it out, not due to performance, or reliability issues, but simply due to storage tech having changed. It was cheaper to build a S-ATA system then to continue using adapters and stuff. System was based on a Pre MMX era motherboard, a ASUS P54NP4, which i believe was in production around 1993... PC's doesn't die quicker, cheap electronics do. With the current PC market being geared towards making short-lived, low priced stuff rather then quality products, new stuff gets a shorter lifespan.
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Originally Posted by john1979
For some reason a lot were built with terrible caps.
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A few asian factories were pumping out "highend" capacitors to the market. Sadly, the electrolyte used was a bit of chemistry magic, and the recipe wasn't their own. Perhaps putting it overly blunt, someone stole the recipe, and got something wrong with the process when it comes to how it should be used, and the result was leaking capacitors that had a very short lifespan. There was quite a bit of noise about it at the time.