Hi.
        Capacitors are for filtering voltages, and specially filtering
due to sudden currents inside chips on normal functioning. However,
they are not too critical. Their use on timing functions is probably
almost null in today's mobos's oscillators.
        Don't worry too much (but worry about PB).
>
> Packard Bell POS P75, Win95a
>
> An article in "Microtimes" said that cheap motherboards use aluminum
> electrolytic capacitors instead of tantalum capacitors.  It said that
> the "cheaper capacitors which would degrade over time and no longer
> supply correct voltages and correct timing to the CPU."
>
> Well, knowing Packard Bell, I thought I would ask them what kind they
> were using.  Their wonderful reponse was:  The type of capacitors are
> not available to us.  The motherboard may need to be replaced.  You may
> order Packard Bell components from..."  That was helpful.
>
> So is there any truth to the difference in capacitors?   If so, how long
> would it take for a motherboard to develop problems?  Should I worry
> about my Packard Bell motherboard?
>
> Thanks!!
>



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Javier Vizcaino. Ability Electronics. [log in to unmask]

Starting point:        (-1)^(-1) = -1
Applying logarithms: (-1)*ln(-1) = ln(-1)
Since ln(-1) <> 0, dividing:  -1 = 1
     (ln(-1) is complex, but exists)