Post

@binarydinosaurs.co.uk

Here’s a thing I’ve had for yonks, and it was in the warehouse at $DAYJOB for even yonkser before that as it was bought new for a customer who never needed it. It’s an ASUS P5GD2 Premium ‘wireless’ edition, even has a dinky little aerial, aw. But look at the caps! They’ve never been powered…

16/8/26, 4:42 pm0 reposts8 likes

Binary Dinosaurs

@binarydinosaurs.co.uk

16 Aug

Digital audio out, SP/DIF, FireWire 400, gigabit Ethernet and 4 USB2. It even has, get this, a Floppy drive header that supports 360k 5.25” drives!

Binary Dinosaurs

@binarydinosaurs.co.uk

16 Aug

(Bet it doesn’t do single density though, can’t see it mentioned in the Winbond datasheet)

bflmouse.bsky.social

@bflmouse.bsky.social

17 Aug

I'm guessing a manufacture date of between 1999 and 2007. Looks like a victim of the Capacitor Plague. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacit...

Binary Dinosaurs

@binarydinosaurs.co.uk

17 Aug

Tell me you didn’t read the alt text without, etc 😄 It’s a 2003-era board so definitely plagued.

Simon Lock (Aergan) 🎃

@aergan.com

16 Aug

At least they're venting as designed rather than adopting their predecessors method from 15yrs prior.

Binary Dinosaurs

@binarydinosaurs.co.uk

16 Aug

It’d be interesting to see how many would let go if I powered the board up. I’m not a masochist though 😄

Simon Lock (Aergan) 🎃

@aergan.com

16 Aug

Likely act as a pseudo resistor with some capacitance that would eventually burn or blow through the vent top (with enough voltage behind it). Depends a lot on how good the supporting circuitry is for active shorts. I had an Nforce 2 board do this and it blew then refused to post until removed.

Simon Lock (Aergan) 🎃

@aergan.com

16 Aug

Worst ones will be on the higher voltage rails that can just explode because there is more ability for it to cross between the layers inside causing cascading failure with superheated electrolyte.