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| Feb 25, 2010 at 0:28 | comment | added | Adam Davis | Bulging capacitors on the motherboard are generally caused by operating at too high a temperature for too long. Typical electrolytic capacitors are only rated for 4,000 hours at 60C, which is often exceeded inside the computers of most power users who fail to adequately vent their PC. The power supply should not be allowing over or under voltage conditions on the AC line to affect the power output of the power supply, but cheap power supplies might not be up to par... | |
| Sep 1, 2009 at 7:57 | history | answered | JYelton | CC BY-SA 2.5 |