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Old 09-05-2014, 06:07 AM
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Electrolytic capacitor plague

I don't know if this topic or a thread is out there, but thought I bring it to the table. Yeah, I've had to repair a handful of LCD TV's, some monitors, and other devices built in the mid 2000's era due to this problem.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague


http://www.theguardian.com/technolog...ems-capacitors

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Old 09-05-2014, 06:21 AM
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Yes, have encountered the same thing on many Fender amps made from '99 thru the mid '00's. They were all branded as "IC".
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Old 09-05-2014, 11:01 PM
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Well now I know why an oldish Dell I got used has burst tops on the lytics...
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I had a PC video card fail because of these stupid things.
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Old 09-22-2014, 06:00 PM
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These time-bombs were a perfect way to permanently slow down a PC. After several months to a year, those caps would bulge and the system slow down to a crawl and start to get crashy. I say time-bomb because I always thought of it (and still do) as the perfect built-in failure. After the year manufacturer warranty was up; buy a new one. Don't dare try and swap out a motherboard from underneath the operating system, unless you wanted to buy a new license or run a crack. Not good situation at all for the independent servicers.
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