"Bruce Feist" wrote in message
Interesting — I’ve been running with AMD processors as well, and the motherboards (SOYO Dragon series) have been dying at about the rate of one a year. […] For some reason, the capacitors start to corrode.
Try a new motherboard. A couple of years ago, some poorly made capacitors found their way into the motherboard market, especially on some of the less-expensive models. The capacitors leak after a short time in operation.
You may be able to get your motherboard manufacturer to send you a new motherboard. But if not, a new motherboard should not cost too terribly much.
Here’s an article that discusses the issue:
http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/WEBONLY/resource/feb03/ncap.htm l As far as Intel vs AMD goes…I don’t use any AMD computers, but AMD has a very good reputation for compatibility. Also, even though the Elements box says "Intel", it would be pretty foolish for Adobe to refuse support on an AMD machine. They have a significant portion of the market now, which means Adobe would be shutting out a significant number of customers with such a policy.
Pete