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Ok Windows is dicking me over, but is it Windows that's the problem?

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voidmain:
Chaos, what Motherboards have you been having problems with?  I'll make sure I never get one.  I have never heard of someone having this problem, let alone 3 times over.  Do you have line power problems?  I would buy a UPS and run your machine off of it, keep your machine from being effected by voltage swings in your line power, and if it's a lightning issue it would help save your system.

choasforages:
varoius brands. now that i think about it i think i only lost 2 boards to capictiers /*it was a few years ago iv lost more then 3 boards and a fourth board died 3 years ago.  i don't know what killed it but a pc repair shop ran a test on it and it was toast. notice there not in chronalogical order*/ and i think i might have fried the third one, i don't know. also one of my friends lost an ethernet card by a capiciters. and my power should be pretty good becuase we have surge protecter outside on the line coming into our house cuase the place eats light bulb's like crazy
now correct me if i am wrong but could i take a working capiciter and replace the broken one/*umm, very carfully. i have a friend that says it can be done*/

another question could it be the case that i was using. it is kinda old. but it ran for years though

lazygamer:
Well the air from the side vent of my computer feels cool, so obviously im keeping the temp low?

voidmain:
Chaos, the only time I remember seeing anything bust open on a motherboard or any other type of card was on an old Number 9 video card.  One of the big chips literally exploded.  A big chunk came right out of the middle of it.  Pretty cool actually.

LG, if your airflow output is cool then you likely don't have a cooling problem.  You are having the exact symptoms of an overheated processor though, of course it could always be Windows.  If you run a chkdsk/scandisk and find no errors on the hard drive (still could be an electrical problem with the hard drive) then I would suggest either installing Linux and see how it runs or heaven forbid, format/reinstall Windows and see how that works, but lets see, you already used up two of your supplied XP installs (gotta love M$).  How many do they give you before you have to buy another copy?  

Calum:
replacing a capacitor should not be that hard. All you need do is get one of the same value, and put it in the right way. So long as you know which capacitor it is, and can figure out what its value is, you're sorted. Appart from that it should be a case of steady hands.

I haven't done this with an actual motherboard so the practice will be a lot fiddlier than my description makes it sound, since those boards are designed to be disposable (which is ludicrous).

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