Yeah, I remember this. I was able to get a newer computer for dirt cheap because of bad-caps on the motherboard. Took me a while to replace them all but once it was done the system fired up without problems. I did the same thing with a few early LCD monitors too.
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>Somewhere between the period of 1999 and 2007 a plague swept through the world, devastating lives and businesses. Identified by a scourge of electrolytic capacitors violently exploding or splurging their liquid electrolyte guts all over the PCB, it led to a lot of finger pointing and accusations of stolen electrolyte formulas. In a recent video by [Asianometry] this story is summarized.
Yeah, I remember this. I was able to get a newer computer for dirt cheap because of bad-caps on the motherboard. Took me a while to replace them all but once it was done the system fired up without problems. I did the same thing with a few early LCD monitors too.
Archive: https://archive.today/o2dTq
From the post:
>>Somewhere between the period of 1999 and 2007 a plague swept through the world, devastating lives and businesses. Identified by a scourge of electrolytic capacitors violently exploding or splurging their liquid electrolyte guts all over the PCB, it led to a lot of finger pointing and accusations of stolen electrolyte formulas. In a recent video by [Asianometry] this story is summarized.
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