Leaking Capacitors / Electrolytics
& Capacitor Failure:
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Leaking Capacitors - Google Search An old Problem still hanging
around! (10/19/2005)
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www.theInquirer.net - MSI capacitor class action page up
(10/19/2005).
- Blown
and Leaking Motherboard Capacitors - A Serious Problem - PCStats.com:
(10/19/2005).
-
theinquirer.net
- PC component failure – the problem that dare not speak its name
- Isolate this, mobo makers - Saturday 08 February 2003.
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www.theInquirer.net - Leaking capacitors get own rogue gallery
(5/11/03).
- www.overclockers.com
- How ANYONE Can Replace Leaking Capacitors
(4-13-03).
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News
& Analysis: FAULTS & FAILURES - Leaking
Capacitors Muck up Motherboards - Finger-pointing
and fury as manufacturers try to dodge blame
(Feb 2003). Link Gone!
- http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/npl/nar1648.htm
- Slashdot
Illicit Leaky Capacitors Killing Motherboards
- Electronic
News: Got Juice? Leaky
capacitors shorting circuits; problem spreads - "Failing
capacitors... heart of this controversy are low-ESR aluminum
electrolytic capacitors, all of which were made in Taiwan. ...the
capacitors start leaking electrolytic fluid within days or weeks after
the computer is turned on. In most cases, the leaking fluid causes
short circuits. Less commonly, they actually explode." (10/28/2002)
- Electronic
News: Penny Wise, Tons Foolish
- Low-quality components flood consumer market, create testing
nightmare for OEMs - "...systems are suffering premature
deaths from faulty parts such as aluminum electrolytic capacitors and
other commodity parts." (10/21/2002)
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www.overclockers.com - Capacitors Not Just For Abit Owners
(10/9/2002)
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SAGEwire
Manufacturing problems Bad capacitors ruin motherboard
- BSEE
The Current Zone Troubleshoot:
Leaking Electrolytics
- classiccmp.org
- Faulty capacitors.
- www.ttiinc.com
- Zogbi On Passives, October 2002: Problems in Taiwan's
Aluminum Capacitor Industry (October 14,
2002).
- overclockers.com -
Serendipitous Stupidity (5/23/01).
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