I've seen it before but never had it happen to me.  In the past it's been the VR's on the board.


KevinO <kevino7@deru.com> wrote:

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>| My motherboard just exploded 6 capacitors.  I've heard of problems with P4
>and Linux.
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>This sounds like you have a very serious power supply problem. Electrolytic
>caps don't generally explode unless you run them backwards or with
>significantly excessive voltage. I strongly suspect the later in this case.
>Probably most everything that was in the box at the time is 'hurt' at this point.
>
>Bummer....
>
>| Any truth to this because I can't find compatabile P4 mobos on distros sites.
>
>The distro compat. lists are pretty much out of date. Linux certainly won't
>damage your hardware in this way, whether you have problems running it or not.
>
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>KevinO
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>Matz's Law:
>~        A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking.
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