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Well, it happen to me and countless others as well. And yes, words hardly describe how much we are pissed once we learned the truth about WHY that happend...

 

Sometimes things get much faster:

 

 

MSI K9AG Neo2 Digital that come home right from the store and...

 

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( http://img512.imageshack.us/my.php?image=failedcapsng0.jpg )

 

Picture courtesy by user norcio from OCW forum.

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Sacon FZ caps on Magic-pro - it is a JetWay OEM

 

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Don't let them fool you. They are NOT polymers, these are sleevless electrolyte caps, and a bad ones, I might add. JetWay do this all the time. Remember their mobos full of GSC crap-caps?

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X-Fi Fatal1ty soundcard, 220uF 16V Jamicon crap cap, user Raggingbone from Creative forum.

 

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PS. bad caps, Jamicons, are on X-Fi used for voltage filering (even they are not low-ESR at all) as well, as for audio signal decoupling (even they are not audio grade caps at all and hence they damage the sound of the card notably (!) ...). Thanks, Creative!

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Ultra... what? I'm sorry, but do not trust marketing. Look up in the makers specs. They in datasheets mention a little thing called "Endurance" and the BEST polymer caps has 2 000 hours. Check it out, the best of the best polymers, Nichicon LE: http://www.nichicon.co.jp/english/products/pdf/e-le.pdf

Worser, cheated and fake polymers can last only 2 hours, of course.

The load life is mentioned for rated temperature (usually 105

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