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Exploding Video Card (WARNING! GRAPHIC IMAGERY INSIDE)

Postby Zancarius » Sat Apr 11, 2009 5:52 pm

You may recall the issues with capacitors on motherboards exploding from time to time. Lumi of MDC Computers (shameless plug) told me that it isn't uncommon with video cards. I recently had mine explode, take a look:

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Top down, looking at the card.

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Same as above.

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Close up of the worst of the lot.

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Oblique view of the capacitors that blew their tops.
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Postby Snobal » Sat Apr 11, 2009 7:11 pm

What was the cause?

Do capacitors fail to withhold charges after a certain amount of use?
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Postby Zancarius » Sat Apr 11, 2009 9:17 pm

Bad electrolytes among other causes.
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