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This is crazy, are there any comprehensive lists of devices that were affected by this? I am a little curious to see what devices, of many that have failed, ma

by pyoung 13y ago

This is crazy, are there any comprehensive lists of devices that were affected by this? I am a little curious to see what devices, of many that have failed, may have been affected by this. Not that it would really change anything at this point.

mey 13y ago
I probably used to have a stack of devices just in my house that would qualify for these, from desktop mobo's, graphic cards and routers. I've probably lost $5k personally over the last 10 years to this, of course almost always out of warranty period.
- ojiikun 13y ago
  It wasn't just computing equipment. I have hand-repaired a dozen sets of amplifiers and powered studio monitor speakers made between '02 and '06 that just needed $2 worth of caps replaced despite the manufacturer quoting $250+ for authorized repairs. In about half the cases it was a combined failure of the caps being el-cheapo and also the board design placing them far too close to heat-generating components. Fortunately, it is still cents on the dollar to replace with a higher temp-specced part if you know how to wield an iron.
zdw 13y ago
Basically it's a good deal of the devices in the "iMac G5, Athlon XP, Pentium-4 with HyperThreading" era, or at least that's when I saw it the worst. Laptops generally weren't affected, as SMD capacitors generally aren't electrolytic.
- fein 13y ago
  I used to do desktop support for a University, in which my daily job was reclaiming and sifting through hordes of gx270's and gx260's to find working mobos. I swear they made the cases on those things out of razor blades. I probably could have replace the electrolytic material in most of the blown caps with my own blood.
renanbirck 13y ago
I have lost some Pentium 4 motherboards (and video cards from the same era) to this. Don't remember the specific models, sadly.
IvyMike 13y ago
Not comprehensive, but the premade recap kits at badcaps.net has a lot of the more popular devices listed. Additionally, I've seen at least three home routers from friends and family fail because of bad capacitors--visibly blown, and in two cases I replaced the caps and they started working again. (In the other case I just threw it out.) http://www.badcaps.net/pages.php?vid=21 http://www.badcaps.net/pages.php?vid=21

by pyoung 13y ago

mey 13y ago

I probably used to have a stack of devices just in my house that would qualify for these, from desktop mobo's, graphic cards and routers. I've probably lost $5k personally over the last 10 years to this, of course almost always out of warranty period.

ojiikun 13y ago
It wasn't just computing equipment. I have hand-repaired a dozen sets of amplifiers and powered studio monitor speakers made between '02 and '06 that just needed $2 worth of caps replaced despite the manufacturer quoting $250+ for authorized repairs. In about half the cases it was a combined failure of the caps being el-cheapo and also the board design placing them far too close to heat-generating components. Fortunately, it is still cents on the dollar to replace with a higher temp-specced part if you know how to wield an iron.

zdw 13y ago

Basically it's a good deal of the devices in the "iMac G5, Athlon XP, Pentium-4 with HyperThreading" era, or at least that's when I saw it the worst. Laptops generally weren't affected, as SMD capacitors generally aren't electrolytic.

fein 13y ago
I used to do desktop support for a University, in which my daily job was reclaiming and sifting through hordes of gx270's and gx260's to find working mobos. I swear they made the cases on those things out of razor blades. I probably could have replace the electrolytic material in most of the blown caps with my own blood.

renanbirck 13y ago

I have lost some Pentium 4 motherboards (and video cards from the same era) to this. Don't remember the specific models, sadly.

IvyMike 13y ago

Not comprehensive, but the premade recap kits at badcaps.net has a lot of the more popular devices listed. Additionally, I've seen at least three home routers from friends and family fail because of bad capacitors--visibly blown, and in two cases I replaced the caps and they started working again. (In the other case I just threw it out.) http://www.badcaps.net/pages.php?vid=21 http://www.badcaps.net/pages.php?vid=21