They all go bad after a long lifetime. The plaugue happened when I was working at a computer repair shop. I went from seeing very few problems caused by capacitors to resoldering caps and replacing motherboards almost daily. The formula messup might have been bad for consumers, but it certainly was good for repair shops. Anything recent from around 04-07 would have this specific problem, but yeah overall after 10-15 years capacitors are just done.
Good example of this is my Sega Game Gear. Got one for christmas back in 1994 and played it daily. After many years of it sitting in a closet, I went to use it and realized the sound was gone. Turns out I just have to replace those capacitors too. Same issue with my Macintosh Portable stuff. On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 9:32 AM, Wesley Furr <[email protected]> wrote: > The issue you link to is a more "modern" issue...not to mention I don't > recall seeing capacitors as large as the problem ones in older 80's to > early > 90's hardware. I believe the comment was about the little surface mount > capacitors rather than the big radial electrolytic ones that have caused so > many problems... > > Thanks, > > Wesley > > > -----Original Message----- > > Yup, PC mainboards get hit by it too. Google for capacitor plague. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague > > > -- > ----- > You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs > group. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To leave this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ > -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
