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I can't ever see the words 'electrolytic capacitor' without getting flashbacks to the capacitor plague in the early 2000s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacit
by smiley1437 3y ago
I can't ever see the words 'electrolytic capacitor' without getting flashbacks to the capacitor plague in the early 2000s
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague
I still look at any electrolytics on a board with a bit of suspicion, must be mild PTSD
- userbinator 3y agoThere's even a site dedicated to it, with associated electronics repair forums: badcaps.net
- EricE 3y agoYes, we had months of replacing hundreds of motherboards one summer. At least Dell stood behind their machines and coughed them up readily enough.
- iancmceachern 3y agoThanks for this, good stuff