On Friday, August 26, 2016 10:50:27 PM EDT Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Fri, 26 Aug 2016 16:29:01 -0400, jonetsu@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > >Looks more and more like replacing the caps on the 1010LT > > Is there any rational reason for replacing caps? What caps do you want > to replace for what reason? It's true that electrolytic capacitors dry > out and that the oxide coating gets reduces, if a device isn't used for > a long time. If it's used regularly, they could dry out, too, but not > that fast . Again, what makes you think that the issue is caused by > dry out capacitors? Why isn't it happening all the times, if the > capacitors are dried out? IMO there's no evidence that the capacitors > could be the cause for the trouble. And again, capacitors on the sound > card for what function? Replacing caps based on guessing, related on > half-truths? > > Regards, > Ralf It was my suggestion ;-) My later post advised against it, after some tests showed it likely isn't the caps at least on my card. T. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user