Why does GIGABYTE use solid capacitors for their Ultra Durable line of motherboards? Is there really that much difference between solid capacitors and electrolytic capacitors? One of the most noticeable things about a GIGABYTE Ultra Durable motherboard is that every capacitor used is a cutting-edge Conductive Polymer Aluminum Solid Capacitor from the world's leading vendors. Visually, it is easy to see the difference. The motherboard on the left was designed using all solid capacitors, while the motherboard on the right uses the more common and less expensive electrolytic capacitors.

Solid capacitors and electrolytic capacitors both store electricity and discharge it when needed. The difference, however, is that solid capacitors contain a solid organic polymer, while electrolytic capacitors use a common liquid electrolyte, hence, the terms solid capacitor versus electrolytic capacitors. So how does this actually effect the capacitor's performance?

In terms of lifespan, solid capacitors last longer than electrolytic capacitors, especially at lower working temperatures. As the table below shows, as the temperature decreases, the lifespan for solid capacitors increases. At 65◦C, the average lifespan for a solid capacitor is more than six times greater than electrolytic capacitors. In actual years, the solid capacitor will last approximately 23 years, while the electrolytic capacitor dies after only three years. Granted, most people will replace their motherboard long before 23 years, but clearly, solid capacitors have a lifetime advantage over electrolytic capacitors.

Solid capacitors have a higher tolerance not only for higher temperatures, but they also perform better with higher frequencies and higher current than electrolytic capacitors. First, let's try to understand the higher tolerance for high frequencies. In order to do this, we must first understand a little bit about Impedance. Impedance is a measure of the overall opposition of a circuit to current and is measured in ohms (Ω). A better way to phrase this might be to say that impedance is how much the circuit (in this case the capacitor) impedes the flow of current. The less the flow of current is impeded, the better. Less impedance also means less heat is generated.

The chart above shows that solid capacitors are able to deliver substantially lower impedance at higher frequencies. Because there is less impedance at higher frequencies, solid capacitors are more stable and generate less heat than electrolytic capacitors. Solid capacitors also deliver more stable capacitance and are less likely to be affected by temperature changes. As the chart below shows, even at extreme temperatures, solid capacitors have relatively stable capacitance, especially when compared to electrolytic capacitors.

By being able to tolerate higher frequencies and higher temperatures, solid capacitors not only last longer, but they also deliver increased stability and performance over electrolytic capacitors.

There has been a lot of speculation as to what actually caused these capacitors to fail. One theory was that the electrolytic solution used by some manufacturers for a number of capacitors was faulty. That aside, even the highest quality electrolytic capacitors can fail. Take for example an always on system in an internet café. The strain put on the capacitors in terms of constant, prolonged usage, as well as high system temperatures can easily lead to capacitor failure. Remember, an electrolytic capacitor running at 85◦C has an average lifespan of just 8,000 hours, which is less than one year.

As there is no liquid component to solid capacitors, they don't experience leaking or exploding. In addition, their ability to tolerate extreme conditions and their overall robustness, make them much more suited to extreme stress operation.

GIGABYTE offers a wide range of Ultra Durable motherboards built tough enough to satisfy even the most hard-core PC gamers. Designed entirely using all solid capacitors, GIGABYTE Ultra Durable motherboards are guaranteed to deliver maximum stability, reliability and longer system lifetime for the ultimate PC gaming and entertainment experience.

Generating less heat then their electrolyte counterparts, solid capacitors last on average 6 times longer, helping to ensure your system never quits. Additionally, solid capacitors have a higher tolerance not only for higher temperatures, but they also perform better with higher frequencies and higher current than electrolytic capacitors. The excellent heat resistance and better electric conductivity allows enthusiasts to tweak the highest levels of performance from their system without fear of excessive capacitor wear or exploding capacitors. Adopting an all solid capacitor design helps explain why GIGABYTE Ultra Durable motherboards are the most stable, reliable and most overclocking-friendly motherboards on the market today.

Hello My Asus P5W broke down after a year and I decided to get a new one. The reason why I don’t want to RMA the Asus P5W is because I already sent back this motherboard before and I don’t want to bother doing it a second time. As a extra note, my Asus P5W was set up a technician at stock speeds. So down to the point. I am looking for a motherboard that performs solidly and won’t break down. I also want a good price and to avoid having components I don’t need. So I came down to two motherboards. First is the Gigabyte N650SLI-DS4L Nforce 650I with solid state capacitors. Second is the XFX Nforce 650I Ultra Conroe LGA775 with electrolyte capacitors

Quite some time ago, a manufacturer of electrolytic capacitors stole the formula from a another high quality one. The problem was, they didn't get it right and as a result the caps would burst. This bad formula is still floating around to this day. Solid state do not have this problem. There are still good capacitor makers out there, you just have to make sure the component you buy does not have the bad ones. Generally speaking, solid state last longer than electrolytic capacitors. I do not remember, but I though there was a con to using solid caps. Again I do not remember what if any it was.

Last week Kontron launched its first longlife motherboards using solid capacitors, the KTQ45 Family, using the Intel® Core 2 Quad Q9400 processor with Intel® Q45 + ICH10DO embedded chipset. Solid capacitors contain a "solid" organic polymer as opposed to the liquid electrolyte used in electrolytic capacitors. We immediately got asked why solid capacitors are better than traditional liquid electrolyte capacitors. Solid capacitor technology brings the key advantages of longer life and less impedance loss to motherboards like the KTQ45/Flex. What does that mean to the systems designer? The lifetime of the solid capacitors at e. g. 60 degrees Celsius is 6 times longer than equivalent electrolytic capacitors. The lower impedance results in decreased capacitor temperature which is great for onboard power supply filtering and decoupling. But that is not all. Solid capacitors can flow large ripple current, yet are able to discharge rapidly. A solid decoupling capacitor removes noise, such as digital, audio, static. Additionally, solid capacitors have a high temperature capability, which is good for rugged systems, particularly since there are no liquids to potentially leak or cause capacitor swelling. New technologies are always exciting since they enable designers to "rock on" when designing new systems! Learn more in booth 1001 at ESC. Kontron – Nancy Pantone

Thanks, Dawgit. The Kontron team is always excited to deploy newer technologies. We will write more about solid caps over time. Did you get a chance to see our new embedded motherboards at the show this week?

Does anyone know how do u find if Intel Original G33,P35 mobo have solid caps?I'm thinking of buying one but i need to check for overclocking possibilities!

You can just look at them, they look different. Electrolitic capacitors have colored sides and metal on the top, while solid capacitors have a metal-only exterior. Also I doubt it would be a major factor in overclocking. What I would do is to read reviews about motherboards and see how good they overclocked, definitely not only search for capacitors. I think solid capacitors are mainly for reliability, as the liquid capacitors had problems with leaking and poping in the past.

IIRC, the GA-P35-DS3R uses all solid capacitors, I have it in my Crysis box but I duno about Intel. I would think that solid caps may give the computer a longer lifespan due to them not exploding or leaking. as the above poster said.

Intel only uses solid caps in their mobos for voltage delivery to the CPU, but not for the rest of the board. Meanwhile, manafacturers like Gigabyte and ASUS pack all solid caps for mid-range boards and beyond. Intel boards (except for those in their 'Extreme Series') also do not have any overclocking options in the BIOS.

Am getting a new PC setup because the prices are so competitive. But there are now so many motherboards with so many different features. For instance, do those components as solid caps, rds mos, ferrite cores and extra oz of copper really work? From an engineering point of view, how much of a different do these components help? The second help i needed is the energy saving features like drmo(msi), des(gigabyte) and epu(asus) how are they different from Intel built in power saver? Which is better and safer from an engineering point of view?

Am getting a new PC setup because the prices are so competitive. But there are now so many motherboards with so many different features. For instance, do those components as solid caps, rds mos, ferrite cores and extra oz of copper really work? From an engineering point of view, how much of a different do these components help?

I'll only say something about solid caps, since the other stuff more looks like marketing buzzwords rather than engeneering stuff to me. Anyway, solid caps are supposed to have a longer lifespan than the good old electrolytes (asus markets their boards with them as having a lifetime of 5000 hours at 105 degrees, and 500000 hours at 65 degrees). If a board has electrolytes, it doesn't necessarily mean it won't last long, as long as it uses high quality ones, but nowadays solid caps are almost standard on most boards. Lifetime of caps (both solid and electrolytes) depends _a lot_ on other factors than quality too, most important (as you can see by those asus ads) is temperature - which in turn depends on board cooling (including your cpu fan or case fans which may or may not provide airflow to these parts), and the load on the vrm (in particular overvolting the cpus with the highest TDPs will be stressful, as this may exceed what a vrm is really designed for). So, if you DO get temperatures of these caps up to 105 degrees celsius for whatever reason, even solid caps will fail at some point (after all, 5000 hours is just a bit more than half a year if that's running 24/7).

ASRock's first salvo for 2008 is the ASRock 4Core1600P35-WiFI+ mainboard. Wasn't ASRock's boards for the entry market ? Well, that doesn't seem so for 2008. ASRock is making in roads to mid range boards. As you can see, this new board 4Core1600P35-Wifi+ is based on the Intel P35 + ICH 9R chipsets. The board supports all LGA 775 for Intel® CoreTM 2 Extreme / CoreTM 2 Quad / CoreTM 2 Duo / Pentium® Dual Core / Celeron®, supporting Penryn Quad Core Yorkfield and Dual Core Wolfdale processors. The board also incorporates a all solid capacitor design. For those who can't afford the DDR3 modules, you can use DDR2 with this board and upgrade to DDR3 in the future. The board supports Dual Channel DDR3 1333/1066/800 (2 x DIMM slots) with max. capacity up to 4GB and Dual Channel DDR2 1066/800/667 (4 x DIMM slots) with max. capacity up to 8GB. In terms of expansion, this board supports ATI CrossFireTM with 1 x PCI Express x16 slot and additional AGI Express slot to adopt 2nd PCI Express x16 VGA card, and other PCI Express x4, x2, x1 interface cards. The board also comes with PCIE Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s, 2 x IEEE1394 ports (one port on back panel, one header on board). The board also has 6 x Serial ATAII 3.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5 and Intel® Matrix Storage), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug functions with 1 x eSerial ATAII 3.0 Gb/s connector (shared with 1 SATAII port). There is also a 1 x WiFi header and 7.1 CH Windows® Vista™ Premium Level HD Audio with Content Protection, supports DAC with 110dB dynamic range (ALC890 Audio Codec), DTS (Digital Theater Systems) support. The back panel has 2 x RJ-45 LAN Port LED, 1 x eSATAII port, 1 x IEEE 1394 ports, 4 ready-to-use USB ports. Other features include support of I. O. T. (Intelligent Overclocking Technology), ASRock OC Tuner. The package includes free Bundle. 1 x ASRock WiFi us. g Module and 1 x Antenna The board also is Windows® VistaTM Premium 2007 Logo Ready.

Solid caps last about twice as long as electrolytic caps, on average. However, premature failure in any capacitor results either from manufacturing defect or inappropriate application (e. g. using a capacitor with too low of a temperature rating). There is nothing about solid caps that make them any more immune to manufacturing defects, inappropriate application, or funny business such as inflating the specs of inferior caps. Solid caps are less likely to fail as abruptly or as catastrophically as electrolytic caps can (i. e. venting or exploding). They have more stable ESR performance over wider temperature range, particularly at higher temperatures where electrolytic caps perform the worst (e. g. above ~85'C). But they also offer less capacitance acrossed the range than electrolytic caps of the same dimensions and cost significantly more per unit of capacitance. Good quality electrolytic caps that are appropriate for the application should last at least the five or six years that most motherboards will be in service. The 'commodity' electrolytics are iffy after about three years.

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Looks like Silverstone has launched a new fanless PSU in the 450W range. The Nightjar 450W. What caught my eye was their claim of using solid state caps. They don't specify how many of if they alternate between cap types but it looks to be interesting. Nightjar Link ( Another interesting point is that the +12V rail is rated at a peak of 40A (480W).

The only place I can envisage the use of conductive polymer caps are in the PWM feedback loop daughterboard. Can't use them on the secondary side because they don't come in large capacitance values. Unlike motherboards apart from low ESR, here you actually need the high uF to ensure adequate holdup time. At best you will see one or two solid caps. The rest is marketing gobbledygook.

The only place I can envisage the use of conductive polymer caps are in the PWM feedback loop daughterboard. Can't use them on the secondary side because they don't come in large capacitance values. Unlike motherboards apart from low ESR, here you actually need the high uF to ensure adequate holdup time. At best you will see one or two solid caps. The rest is marketing gobbledygook. Seasonic uses one on the +12v.)

Interesting. Is the secondary side the only area that gets the solid cap treatment? For now, the official response is no comment.)

The main capacitor on the primary side is in charge of Hold-up times and thus it has a minimum requirement of capacity proportional to output wattage. For the secondary side the capacitance isn't important for filtering, and solid capacitors are not that small in capacitance. Actually someone has showned photos of Delta's DPS-980AB(OEM for Apple, only 12V output offered), and the filtering on secondary side is done only by those blue Chemicon polymer caps (of course there are also output chokes). DPS-980AB tells us using only solid-caps on secondary filtering stage is possible.

The main capacitor on the primary side is in charge of Hold-up times and thus it has a minimum requirement of capacity proportional to output wattage. Yes we know. IS there a point to bumping all of the threads you seem to be able to find? For the secondary side the capacitance isn't important for filtering, and solid capacitors are not that small in capacitance. Actually someone has showned photos of Delta's DPS-980AB(OEM for Apple, only 12V output offered), and the filtering on secondary side is done only by those blue Chemicon polymer caps (of course there are also output chokes). DPS-980AB tells us using only solid-caps on secondary filtering stage is possible. Relevance?

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I ordered a BIostar Tforce TA790GX but I didn't realize that the Ta790GX3 has all solid state capcitors. Should i send my GX back and get the GX3? Is it worth all the trouble? I'll do some modest overclocking but nothing extreme. Will I get 2-3 yrs out of the board w/o solid state caps, I can't see myself keeping it longer than that. Thanks

Right, because prior to solid caps, nothing lasted more than one or two years. All those circuit boards made 10+ years ago with electrolytic caps that still work fine are just a figment of your imagination! Premature failure or accelerated aging in

About solid caps that make them any more immune to manufacturing defects, use of inferior materials or compositions, inappropriate application, or funny business such as inflating the characteristics of inferior caps. Good electrolytic caps that are appropriate for the application should last

The five to six years that most motherboards will be in service. However, solid caps are increasingly justified around areas like the CPU for three reasons. - substantially better ESR performance at higher temperatures (e. g. above 70'C) - lower impedance at higher frequencies - more reliable derating assumptions at higher temperatures Its not that electrolytic caps cannot be used in areas where temperatures are likely to go above 70'C. Its that the accuracy or error margin for derating assumptions and design lifespan become very fickle at higher temperatures (not because they don't last as long, per se). Solid caps do offer advantages for use in low voltage, high frequency circuits with fast current swings (e. g. modern CPUs and GPUs). But electrolytic caps can do the job as well, it just requires a little more design attention and validation. On the other hand, not using bulk electrolytic capacitance around the CPU comes with its own trade-offs that require just as much design attention and validation, if not more (e. g. active voltage positioning). Does your Biostar use solid caps around the CPU and major sources of dissipated heat? If so, there is no good argument for using solid caps anywhere else. Certainly not any reason to return a motherboard at risk of restocking fee. Edit. removed unwarranted jab at Halcyon, after thinking better of it.

Well from looking at the pics it looks like there are solid caps around the cpu socket. It's only like 10 bucks more for the one will all solid caps, i got it from newegg, but I'm guessing that to send something back that's not defective that they would charge a restocking fee. Ugh, I should have payed more attention, lol.

Any indicator of quality, but I can see how that might get lost in translation (for someone who doesn't understand it). In fact, SS caps have really given manufacturers a great opportunity to conceal the use of cheap commodity capacitors. Previously, awareness of the cheap Chinese electrolytic caps was relatively high. Now that we have the hype of Super Duper Solid State Caps, users have come to believe SS caps somehow do not come in all the same varieties that electrolytic caps do. SS caps come in all the same varieties, from cheap cut-rate Chinese caps all the way up to the expensive high-performance Japanese stuff. The

There is nothing about solid caps that make them any more immune to manufacturing defects, use of inferior materials or compositions, inappropriate application, or funny business such as inflating the characteristics of inferior caps.

Hello, i have a del e1505. has anyone experienced after power up the Num lock comes on solid, Caps lock and Scroll lock lights blink every second for about 45 seconds then it just goes out. Display never shows up. Thanks

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OK, since I didn't want to derail another thread I decided to start my own thread seeking a simple answer to a question. What exactly is a Solid State Capacitor? Now I understand what a capacitor is and how a capacitor works. I understand the dielectrics used in capacitors. I understand a capacitor is a passive device (component). I likely know more about capacitors and their composition than I care to know. I am also familiar with the term Solid State as it pertains to electrical/electronic components. I understand that. Now what I don't quite get is the term Solid State associated with a Capacitor. Yes, I Googled. I see plenty of reference to the term, but I still draw a blank as to what the hell a solid state cap is? What the hell am I missing? Ron

I think solid state caps use a solid organic polymer or something similar. So it's all solid, instead of a liquid based cap. As far as I Know, they are called solid state just because it's not liquid tilled.

Yeah, that ran with my thoughts based on a few Googles. Maybe Solid State had a better ring than dry caps. Years ago before the dielectric used really evolved a cap consisted of two strips of aluminum foil with a strip of wax paper between them and rolled up. The outside was wrapped in paper and dipped in wax. Then as things evolved plastics, polymers, and other things were used for dielectrics and the entire thing was encapsulated in newer plastics or PVC. Granted, that they are replacing the liquid and gel type dielectrics with new stuff solid in nature but it just seems ironic the name chosen. Looking at things that way it's like caps were solid state for a hundred years and now they are back to being solid state. Ron

Basically, its just a matter of better power efficiency and durability...solid caps became a big issue after Abit and a few other companies had issues with bursting capacitors a few years back.

I don't know much about solid caps. but I do know the difference between regular caps and solid state caps. Regular caps bend or brake off easier and get hotter. Solid State caps down bend or brake off as easy due to the base being on the PCB, they also have aluminum around them which helps with cooling.

Haha, some Regular Capacitor's. And a Solid State Capacitor. Here are both types together (note. the ones with arrows pointing at them are popped capacitors).

Thanks to all, and Parker thanks for the images. The term was just something I was curious about. Suddenly I am seeing the term Solid State associated with a cap and curiosity grew. Ron

Here's food for thought. When the hell is EVGA going to produce an nVidia based motherboard that uses solid capacitors? For the amount of money that they charge for their 680i and 780i enthusiast boards, you would think they'd have gone with solid caps on them. It's a bit annoying to see people shelling out $250-$300 for a 780i motherboard by EVGA that still uses the old school capacitors, where ASUS has been using solid caps in nearly all their motherboard offerings for a very long time. Granted, EVGA will be releasing the 780i FTW which promises solid capacitors, but, of course, you will also be paying extra to have that privilege. Bah.

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My concern with cheap mainboard is attributed to the fact that the original Phenom could blow PWM circuits even at stock, expensive mainboards were a requirement for early adopters. Phenom II has much lower power draw so theres hope that they will have enough OC headroom also on cheap mainboards. And i already got Core i7 for main rig, cant afford to maintain 2 high quality rigs so theres a limit how much i would be willing to spend to upgrade one of my dualcore µATX rigs to quad. By the way, solid cap boards are not that expensive anymore, up until recently solid caps used on boards were japanese made, now theres a selection of taiwanese stuff at a lower price which means solid cap boards are getting cheaper, in a few years time the old fashioned electrolyte caps could be history on mainboards/videocards. Gigabyte and others are already using all solid caps on some midrange boards, and for high end they use all solid japanese made caps. My EX58-Extreme is clearly marked Japanese solid capacitors, Japanese is obviously a big deal for them. ____________ Team Philippines

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Electrolytic caps fail when run near rated voltages at 85C. It is just a matter of when and in not too long! This is why the military uses solid tantalum caps for such applications. One will also notice that some higher quality boards and power supplies are using conductive polymer aluminum solid caps. I am not familiar with their specs but assume it is to increase the time to failure at high temp/stress conditions. 85C is a ridiculous temperature for a commercial circuit board to be running at, try 55C MAX (which means you can handle it without getting burns (not comfortably but still..). As for the die attach, running FAH 24/7 is an excellent way to make sure that any failure will happen during the warranty period. regards,

The caps which blew were the new solid type.There is a nice overview of capacitor lifetime vs. operating temp here. caps according to this information should last about 2.3 years if run at 85C, while electrolytics are claimed to last about a year. Mine lasted about 2 months after I started running FAH GPU. The board and caps were not even hot to the touch after adding the Zalman cooler (although I did run without the Zalman at 85C GPU core for several weeks when the caps were at some unknown temp, way too hot to touch) so I suspect something other than operating temp caused the failure. either simply a defective part (if one of the caps went, it may have taken the other two out), or too much current running through them. I am not sure about stress from the die attach issue. with a good cooler the temp swing from full load to idle is reduced (I think I have less than 10deg delta with the Zalman VF90/8600GT combo). I also have not been able to dig up much information as to root cause of this problem. some of the information I have read indicates it is a thermal coefficient of expansion mismatch issue between die and package substrate which eventually weakens the high Pb solder until it disconnects. I don't quite understand what stronger solder is going to do here. if there is a thermal expansion mismatch it will still be there whether or not the solder is strong or weak and it seems something would still be getting stressed with continual operating temp fluctuations induced by the GPU client. Safest route might be to go with one of the really good cooler solutions (EVGA Akimbo I have been looking over) to minimize the idle/load temp fluctuation as much as possible.

Thanks for the detailed response, link and picture. With regards to the caps, I suspect that the issue in addition to heat is the frequency of the energy being disapated. The performance chart for impedance verses frequency cut off at 20 MHz and did not specify the value of the caps under comparison. As values get larger, impedance with regards to higher frequencies gets higher. This allows internal heat build up to get significant. What values did you replace your blown caps with?As to the die attach issue, solder always cracks eventually under thermal cycling conditions. The TCE (thermal coefficient of expansion) mismatch between silicon and a glass filled epoxy board is usually about 4 to 1 and is neutral at the temperature that the solder solidified at. For eutectic tin lead solder this is 185C. for other than eutectic solder alloys it will be lower. Frankly, I am surprised that they are still using lead at all as lead free has been all the rage for the last 8 years or so, especially for products sold in Europe. The main issue with a non-eutectic solder bump attach is that with an extended plastic range there is a higher probability of building in stress within the solder bumps (the so-called disturbed solder joint) especially if you are using a reflow process optimized for eutectic attach. You are on the right track to minimize temperature excursions of the circuit board but also limiting the thermal excursions of the silicon die would be desirable. Thus putting the die under load and keeping it there constantly would be better than running it intermittently. Also, you are right in questioning why a stronger alloy would be better for die attach, it generally isn't. If they tried to use a gold/tin eutectic attach on a die that big it probably wouldn't even survive cooling off to room temperature. Anyway, best of luck and thanks for the additional details,

I replaced the 1500u 6V with 2200u 24V radial electrolytic and I replaced the 470u 16V with a 350u 25V electrolytic. I might send to digikey or some other component place for the correct values later (currently digikey does not appear to handle solid caps but they appear to have a nice selection of electrolytics), but these caps seem to be running the board OK for now so I will probably leave them in and continue to use the board until I upgrade (still mulling the EVGA Akimbo with a G92b 55nm but hesitant of the die attach. might just wait for next gen boards to come out, I would really like a double-precision capable board for my own GPGPU acceleration projects). I am guessing the higher voltage handling cap should directly translate to higher power handling also although I don't know the ripple current tolerance of either the original or replacement parts. Since I voided the life-time warranty of the board immediately after adding the Zalman it was either hack on some new caps or toss the board. I didn't crank the shader overclock until the Zalman was added.

The main issue with a non-eutectic solder bump attach is that with an extended plastic range there is a higher probability of building in stress within the solder bumps (the so-called disturbed solder joint) especially if you are using a reflow process optimized for eutectic attach.

Last week Kontron launched its first longlife motherboards using solid capacitors, the KTQ45 Family, using the Intel® Core 2 Quad Q9400 processor with Intel® Q45 + ICH10DO embedded chipset. Solid capacitors contain a "solid" organic polymer as opposed to the liquid electrolyte used in electrolytic capacitors. We immediately got asked why solid capacitors are better than traditional liquid electrolyte capacitors. Solid capacitor technology brings the key advantages of longer life and less impedance loss to motherboards like the KTQ45/Flex. What does that mean to the systems designer? The lifetime of the solid capacitors at e. g. 60 degrees Celsius is 6 times longer than equivalent electrolytic capacitors. The lower impedance results in decreased capacitor temperature which is great for onboard power supply filtering and decoupling. But that is not all. Solid capacitors can flow large ripple current, yet are able to discharge rapidly. A solid decoupling capacitor removes noise, such as digital, audio, static. Additionally, solid capacitors have a high temperature capability, which is good for rugged systems, particularly since there are no liquids to potentially leak or cause capacitor swelling. New technologies are always exciting since they enable designers to "rock on" when designing new systems! Learn more in booth 1001 at ESC. Kontron – Nancy Pantone

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Your problem is most likely due to failing capacitors. If your switches are out of warranty and you have experience repairing boards have a look below. You can look through the side of the switch before you take anything apart..i bet you see some bulging at the top of some of them. I keep trying to post this information.but linksys keeps deleting it!!I have installed around 15 linksys switches in the last two years, only to see them fail due to bad capacitors. I have seen the issue from the top end SRW2048 (48 port gigabit w/ web management) down to the bottom end SD2008 (8 port gigabit)Is your Linksys switch dropping connections? Locking up? Slow transfers? Dead ports? It is probably due to bad capacitors. If you have any experience in the computing industry in the last 10 years you have seen components failing due to the result of cheap capacitors bulging and leaking electrolyte. More details here. This is obviously a problem that Linksys is having with the capacitors it is installing in their switches. (usually cheap generic Chinese caps)With basic soldering skills and a good iron I have successfully recapped the SD2008 8 port gigabit switch with Conductive Polymer Solid caps. It was a dead duck with 4 of the 6 caps bulging and is now running flawlessly. Obviously you can recap with electrolytic caps for less $ but the peace of mind that you get from a solid cap is worth the extra $3 in my opinion. Solid caps have much longer life and lower ESR requiring ratings of about half compared to cheaper electrolytic caps. They will also never bulge or leak because there is no liquid component to them. Here are the caps I replaced and there solid counterparts. I bought the caps from mouser. comqty 2 - 1000uF 25V Electrolytic ------ 820uF 16V Solid - Nichon @ $1.50eaqty 4 - 470uF 25V Electrolytic ------ 270uF 16V Solid - Nichon @ $0.75ea Because I am using caps with a different rating. I am still in the testing phase to make sure that the switch is absolutely stable under full utilization and over a long period of time. There is no problem going with identical rated electrolytic caps without prior testing. I will let you know the results of the solid caps when it has been a month or so. I have transferred 8 gigs in 3 minutes on a switch that would not even handle a ping over 1024 bytes. Looking pretty good to me. I will be doing this same job on the SRW2048 in the next week or so. I will post some before and after pics with the results of that recap job. The SD2008 up and running great with Solid Caps!

Here we have the Realtek 802.11g Wi-Fi card, it connects to the P5K3 by USB 2.0 to via onboard pin header, taking up two of the twelve USB ports afforded by the chipset. However, with only one screw to hold it in place it is easily removable should you need all twelve USB ports. As we turn things over we can see the ASUS Stack Cool 2 logo, a built in feature of the P5K3's PCB. Part of the 6 layer PCB design, the Stack Cool feature consists of a thermally conductive metal substrate layer added to help dissipate heat away from the CPU socket area. ASUS claims a 20c drop in operating temperature with the added bonus of lowered electrical impedance. Additionally, we can see that eight of the power management phases have been moved to the back. separating them I assume to again dissipate heat and lower impedance. For power management ASUS has used an 8-Phase Power Design, intended to reduce input ripple current, and output ripple voltage. keeping the CPU and power modules from the risk of high power stress. As a result, the lifespan of CPU and power modules should be much longer and the system more stable in overclocking. Essentially, splitting the load over more power phases lowers individual phase temperature, and allows for quick transient response and dependability. 8-Phase will respond faster than typical 4-phase power designs, acting to stabilize output current and voltage. This is especially useful when the CPU requires immediate current when under load or overclocking, also reducing over-current when the CPU comes off a heavy load, further stabilizing the system. In addition to ASUS' use of 8-Phase Power, they have used all-solid capacitors (Caps) as opposed to the liquid electrolyte ones used on mainstream motherboards. While both Caps store and discharge electricity when needed, Solid Caps contain a solid organic polymer as opposed to the liquid electrolyte used in mainstream Caps. The advantage of Solid Caps over their liquid counterparts, in terms of performance, is that Solid Caps will generally last longer than electrolytic ones while maintaining lower operating temperatures. For example, at 65 degrees Celsius the average lifespan for a solid capacitor is more than six times greater than an electrolytic capacitor, lasting more than twenty years, compared to only three for electrolytic capacitors. Additionally, they have a better tolerance for high temperatures while also performing better at higher frequencies and higher current than electrolytic capacitors. Their superior heat resistance and better electric conductivity allow enthusiasts to tweak the highest levels of performance from their system without fear of component wear or the infamous exploding Caps. Here is ASUS' piece de resistance on the P5K3, the Intel 82P35 Express MCH (Northbridge). Intel's P35 MCH features support for a 1333MHz FSB and is fully provisioned for DDR3 RAM. The P35 MCH has been engineered to offer more efficient memory access while offering lower latencies, and when paired with DDR3's high-bandwidth makes the P5K3 Deluxe primed to take advantage of the soon to be released 45-nm Penryn Multi-Core CPUs Intel will soon be launching.

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Cavanagh Hats Solid Wool Newsboy Men's Cap. Caps made of 100% wool Italian fabrics, and made in Italy. All have sewn down ribbon sweatbands and single snap visors. The Cavanagh standard of excellence established decades ago continues today in this fine selection of quality handcrafted headwear.

Here we have the Realtek 802.11g Wi-Fi card, it connects to the P5K3 by USB 2.0 to via onboard pin header, taking up two of the twelve USB ports afforded by the chipset. However, with only one screw to hold it in place it is easily removable should you need all twelve USB ports. As we turn things over we can see the ASUS Stack Cool 2 logo, a built in feature of the P5K3's PCB. Part of the 6 layer PCB design, the Stack Cool feature consists of a thermally conductive metal substrate layer added to help dissipate heat away from the CPU socket area. ASUS claims a 20c drop in operating temperature with the added bonus of lowered electrical impedance. Additionally, we can see that eight of the power management phases have been moved to the back. separating them I assume to again dissipate heat and lower impedance. For power management ASUS has used an 8-Phase Power Design, intended to reduce input ripple current, and output ripple voltage. keeping the CPU and power modules from the risk of high power stress. As a result, the lifespan of CPU and power modules should be much longer and the system more stable in overclocking. Essentially, splitting the load over more power phases lowers individual phase temperature, and allows for quick transient response and dependability. 8-Phase will respond faster than typical 4-phase power designs, acting to stabilize output current and voltage. This is especially useful when the CPU requires immediate current when under load or overclocking, also reducing over-current when the CPU comes off a heavy load, further stabilizing the system. In addition to ASUS' use of 8-Phase Power, they have used all-solid capacitors (Caps) as opposed to the liquid electrolyte ones used on mainstream motherboards. While both Caps store and discharge electricity when needed, Solid Caps contain a solid organic polymer as opposed to the liquid electrolyte used in mainstream Caps. The advantage of Solid Caps over their liquid counterparts, in terms of performance, is that Solid Caps will generally last longer than electrolytic ones while maintaining lower operating temperatures. For example, at 65 degrees Celsius the average lifespan for a solid capacitor is more than six times greater than an electrolytic capacitor, lasting more than twenty years, compared to only three for electrolytic capacitors. Additionally, they have a better tolerance for high temperatures while also performing better at higher frequencies and higher current than electrolytic capacitors. Their superior heat resistance and better electric conductivity allow enthusiasts to tweak the highest levels of performance from their system without fear of component wear or the infamous exploding Caps. Here is ASUS' piece de resistance on the P5K3, the Intel 82P35 Express MCH (Northbridge). Intel's P35 MCH features support for a 1333MHz FSB and is fully provisioned for DDR3 RAM. The P35 MCH has been engineered to offer more efficient memory access while offering lower latencies, and when paired with DDR3's high-bandwidth makes the P5K3 Deluxe primed to take advantage of the soon to be released 45-nm Penryn Multi-Core CPUs Intel will soon be launching.

Your problem is most likely due to failing capacitors. If your switches are out of warranty and you have experience repairing boards have a look below. You can look through the side of the switch before you take anything apart..i bet you see some bulging at the top of some of them. I keep trying to post this information.but linksys keeps deleting it!!I have installed around 15 linksys switches in the last two years, only to see them fail due to bad capacitors. I have seen the issue from the top end SRW2048 (48 port gigabit w/ web management) down to the bottom end SD2008 (8 port gigabit)Is your Linksys switch dropping connections? Locking up? Slow transfers? Dead ports? It is probably due to bad capacitors. If you have any experience in the computing industry in the last 10 years you have seen components failing due to the result of cheap capacitors bulging and leaking electrolyte. More details here. This is obviously a problem that Linksys is having with the capacitors it is installing in their switches. (usually cheap generic Chinese caps)With basic soldering skills and a good iron I have successfully recapped the SD2008 8 port gigabit switch with Conductive Polymer Solid caps. It was a dead duck with 4 of the 6 caps bulging and is now running flawlessly. Obviously you can recap with electrolytic caps for less $ but the peace of mind that you get from a solid cap is worth the extra $3 in my opinion. Solid caps have much longer life and lower ESR requiring ratings of about half compared to cheaper electrolytic caps. They will also never bulge or leak because there is no liquid component to them. Here are the caps I replaced and there solid counterparts. I bought the caps from mouser. comqty 2 - 1000uF 25V Electrolytic ------ 820uF 16V Solid - Nichon @ $1.50eaqty 4 - 470uF 25V Electrolytic ------ 270uF 16V Solid - Nichon @ $0.75ea Because I am using caps with a different rating. I am still in the testing phase to make sure that the switch is absolutely stable under full utilization and over a long period of time. There is no problem going with identical rated electrolytic caps without prior testing. I will let you know the results of the solid caps when it has been a month or so. I have transferred 8 gigs in 3 minutes on a switch that would not even handle a ping over 1024 bytes. Looking pretty good to me. I will be doing this same job on the SRW2048 in the next week or so. I will post some before and after pics with the results of that recap job. The SD2008 up and running great with Solid Caps!

Pros. All solid caps, plenty of USB ports, stable, decent amount of overclocking options, arguably best board for the price at the time of purchase, BIOS still the best Windows-based BIOS update utility Ive used.

In that contest, Kyle Mossbarger smacked the go-ahead two-run homer in the eighth and John Kopilchack gave WSU a cushion with a solo shot in the inning. Cooper ended the 2008 season with a career mark of us. and holds a 65-37 mark in Horizon League play.

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In that contest, Kyle Mossbarger smacked the go-ahead two-run homer in the eighth and John Kopilchack gave WSU a cushion with a solo shot in the inning. Cooper ended the 2008 season with a career mark of us. and holds a 65-37 mark in Horizon League play.

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In that contest, Kyle Mossbarger smacked the go-ahead two-run homer in the eighth and John Kopilchack gave WSU a cushion with a solo shot in the inning. Cooper ended the 2008 season with a career mark of us. and holds a 65-37 mark in Horizon League play.

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