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About 15 years ago I had a motherboard with several "bulged" capacitors. I think at that time I wanted to upgrade anyway and just bought something new, but I re
by dajonker 8y ago
About 15 years ago I had a motherboard with several "bulged" capacitors. I think at that time I wanted to upgrade anyway and just bought something new, but I read lots of people had similar issues around that time. Rumor was that some manufacturers used stolen plans to build these capacitors, and those stolen plans actually contained some errors.
The related wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague