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| Thread ID: 110725 | 2010-06-29 14:05:00 | Capacitor plague | zqwerty (97) | PC World Chat |
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| 1114556 | 2010-06-29 14:05:00 | I know this issue has come up many times on PressF1 but not sure whether this Wikipedia entry has been posted. It seems very informative to me and not long-winded: en.wikipedia.org |
zqwerty (97) | ||
| 1114557 | 2010-06-29 21:44:00 | "which confirmed the presence of dissolved aluminum in the Taiwanese capacitors' electrolyte, but not in Japanese ones. Major vendors such as Intel, Dell and HP were directly affected." Quality is always a good idea. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1114558 | 2010-06-29 21:48:00 | Oh yeah, I know much about this. My old school had a big batch of emacs with the bad capacitors in them. | nedkelly (9059) | ||
| 1114559 | 2010-06-30 01:09:00 | Something relevant. arstechnica.com the NY Times article www.nytimes.com |
KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 1114560 | 2010-06-30 01:18:00 | The law firm that is defending Dell had 1000 PCs that were affected by the issue, and Dell didn't want to fix them. That's gold. :lol: | wratterus (105) | ||
| 1114561 | 2010-06-30 01:20:00 | And Dell balked at fixing them!:lol::groan::lol: And don't use their machines for complex mathematical calculations as that will wear them out :D |
KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 1114562 | 2010-06-30 01:31:00 | Wow. "A scientist steals a secret formula for an electrical product from his Japanese employer and takes it to China. Then it is stolen again and turns up in Taiwan. But something goes wrong - and thousands, perhaps millions, of computers and electrical goods in the West begin to burn out or explode. "It sounds like the plot of a thriller, but it's reality. Thousands of computers have failed and nobody is sure how many more products might go wrong because their capacitors - essential components to control the power supply - were made with faulty materials." www.guardian.co.uk |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 1114563 | 2010-06-30 01:52:00 | I think the problem is far from resolved, there are many brands of capacitor which are cheap and do not last long. I have repaired several LCD monitors which were only 2-3 years old and all had failed capacitors. There seems to be some debate over if the capacitors are just old stock with the incomplete formula or new stock which are just cheap and nasty. I do not really know. All I know is if it's not Japanese made, I don't think I would trust it for use in any kind of SMPS or Motherboard\Graphics card etc. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1114564 | 2010-06-30 02:02:00 | It's a pity really, stuff should be built to last, but with these poor capacitors, you get a cheap something or rather and voila, after 3 years or so it needs re-capping. People should really demand reliability and buy based on how long it lasts and not how cheap it is in the first place But then again with tech advancing the way it is, who cares if your 5 year old computer fails if it's only worth $50 on Trademe anyway |
forrest44 (754) | ||
| 1114565 | 2010-06-30 02:24:00 | LCD Monitors and TVs will stay longer in my opinion because they don't go out of date very fast. I would expect a motherboard to be out of date in 3 years but I would expect to keep my monitor a lot longer. So when a 22" LCD Monitor dies in 3 years or less because of bad capacitors in the PSU that is pathetic |
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