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:
>>
tvat3000@netscape.net wrote:
>| My motherboard just exploded 6 capacitors. I've heard of problems with P4
>and Linux.
>
>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 lists are pretty much out of date.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.
>
>- --
>KevinO
>
>Matz's Law:
>~ A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking.
>>
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