Yeah, a few years back, this was in the news. Some component
manufacturer in Taiwan stole the "recipe" for the electrolyte from a
manufacturer in Japan. Trouble was, they didn't get the full recipe, and
were missing some key ingredient, which led to caps with very short
lifetimes. Electrolytics are one place where you just can't skimp. Buy
quality, and consider replacing ALL of them at the same time. Even
quality electrolytics can fail with age.
http://www.siliconchip.com.au/cms/A_30328/article.html
[email protected] wrote:
You could try to replace the busted
capacitors yourself, but know that the lot of them on the board are likely of
the same bad batch, and will all need replacing to prevent the same problem
again down the road.
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