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Capacitors seem to be the main problem, as they dry out over time. You would only find they had dried out when the mobo did odd things, which may be too late for sensitive components. Normally they will bulge when they dry out, but on a stored mobo may not. The only other problem could be E(E?)proms (Do we use them as ROMs ?) that may have to be reprogrammed every X years.
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Hi meega,

I think the MTBF for an A500 has long passed, especially if it was calculated with 217f (I don't want to say "Mil. Standard Handbook" as everyone will start making Doomy references again).
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