"Blinking lights of death" ? Netgear Switch GS108

[Seann Clark]

g wrote:
> Robert L Cochran wrote:
>   
>> On 04/30/2009 02:47 PM, Aldo Foot wrote:
>>     
> <snip>
>   
>>> The unit has a blown capacitor, bulged and brown matter around it. Also there is
>>>       
> <snip>
>   
>> You probably have Chinese- or Taiwanese-manufactured capacitors in that 
>> unit, which are not as reliable as Japanese-manufactured capacitors. If 
>> you search the net you will find lists of known-unreliable capacitor 
>> manufacturers.
>>     
>
> robert, aldo,
>
> if you run a google search for 'bad caps' or 'bad capacitors', you will find
> a large hit score.
>
> most of hits will relate to a stolen recipe for capacitors that was missing
> all ingredients.
>
> it is primarily in asian countries and mainly lower level companies.
>
> this hit mainly with mainboards and power supplies, along with other hardware
> that use low cost capacitors.
>
> this problems has pretty well ended, but when you make repair, do use a high
> quality brand. radio shack does not fall with in high quality definition.
>
> order from a local supplier, or a well know catalog supplier. small adds in
> back of electronic magazines do not qualify.
>
> also, be sure you check diodes as caps are known to take them out also.
>
> when you clean board, be sure you get all of crud off board and hope that
> no hidden corrosion has started.
>
> yes. i am a 'hardware head' and i have seen this problem, even with an abit
> mainboard of my own.
>
> much luck.
>
>
>   
Digikey (http://www.digikey.com/) has good capacitors and a good 
selection at decent prices, and a little research on the bad brands will 
help you find more on that. For electronics, on the chip side, octapart 
is a good resource as well (http://octopart.com/)


~Seann
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