Re: Increasing HZ (patch for HZ > 1000)

[Martin J. Bligh]

> Hardware indeed.  I'm a Certified Electronics Technician.  Have 
> someone check all those electrolyric caps in the on-board psu in 
> particular, using a device similar to a "Capacitor Wizard" which 
> measures not the capacity of the cap, but the caps Equivalent Series 
> Resistance (ESR) at 100 kilohertz or more.  Anything over half an ohm 
> should be replaced forthwith.  This assumes of course that your tech 
> in charge of hot solder has the tools to do it correctly.  If not, 
> find one who does have the tools.
> 
> Many mobos in a period ranging from about 2.5 to 1.5 years ago were 
> built with caps that go defective prematurely due to a bad batch of 
> them from several far eastern cap makers who were fed a bad recipe 
> for the electrolyte in the caps, eg the Ethylene Glycol wasn't near 
> pure enough.

When you say "fed a bad recipe", didn't they actually steal it? Or
is that just an urban legend?

M.

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