Matthew Gregan wrote:
Well, many of them seem to use the same (low) quality parts:
http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/WEBONLY/resource/feb03/ncap.html
Not low quality, faulty. Electrolytic capacitors have a limited lifespan anyway, these moreso.
If anyone has a suddenly strangely behaving machine, it might pay to check those large capacitors on the motherboard for leaks.
Cheers, Rex
