The problems I have with some /desktop/ mainboards involves some capacitors,
particularly on MSI Intel 845 Pro II boards. They in particular use
Goldline caps to regulate power into the processor. Goldlines hit the news
not so long ago because it was found that approximately ten million units
were faulty. An entire run. What this meant for Dell was a choice: mass
recall and replacement of thousands of desktop boards, or wait until the
complaints started rolling in about boards igniting and replacing them on a
come-get-served basis. Either way, it's bad press for Dell, but they chose
the short-term less expensive route; the latter option. It could cost 'em
huge in the long run.
But there again, who's responsibility is it? Dell, for their choice in
mainboard supplier? MSI for their choice in components? Or Goldline for
their faulty capacitors?
I say look to the primary source. MSI weren't to know, and neither were
Dell.
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