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From: Arno on 11 Jul 2010 11:53
In alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus PC <fairfines(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On 31/07/2008 11:56 AM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
>> On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:48:26 +0200, "Skybuck Flying"
>> <BloodyShame(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Probably electrolytic caps - they are usually the first to fail; heat
>>> causes them to dry out.
>>> "
>>>
>>> Does this mean the fluid that is inside vaporizes ?!?
>>
>> Yep. Too much ripple current can make it boil and vent. Keep your
>> head out of the PC box and you'll be fine.
>>
>>> Could this be a health risk to humans ?
>>
>> Not in the small quantities used inside the electrolytic cazapitors.
>> The electrolyte is a cocktail of boric acid, sodium borate, ethylene
>> glycol, and a mess of proprietary elixers, mostly acting as
>> stabilizers to keep the electrolyte from breaking down, floculating,
>> precipitating, corroding, or otherwise wrecking the cazapitor.
>>
>> However, be advised that the typcial PC is fairly toxic. See:
>> <http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/21/a-pc-is-like-an-ogre-its-full-of-toxic-layers/>
>> "...did you know that your motherboard's Beryllium base
>> could give you cancer, and your LCD's mercury infused
>> fluorescent bulb, brain damage.?"

> Wow some of the posters here seem to be already damaged....
> Some more so, as the effects work quicker on those with minimal brains.
> I wonder how the caps know? Are they intelligent?

Well, it is the truth. ... if you crack open a few hundred LCD
backlights and immediately breath the vapours.

Incidentially, there is no Beryllium in RoHS electronics.

Arno
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