Talk:Capacitor plague
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Notes on Failure
[edit]Just replacing only the exploded/leaking caps will not solve the problem. The other caps on the board will fail via leaking after the repair. Esp if only the leaking ones by the CPU are fixed, the original ones left by the CPU have a short remaining life if they are not bad already. Dell 270 systems are known for this, bad caps behind the CPU replaced, then, the AGP cap fails on the rebuilt Dell boards. Dell did write off millions to extend warranties and fix systems.
Safety
[edit]You really don't want to power up a suspect system with the case cover off. Swollen but not exploded caps are hot to the touch indicating a internal current leak. Think firecracker about to explode or vent. Looking at a system powered on with the case off is not safe. Acidic electrolyte and a can aimed at your eye for example. Just the spray from the top vent opening can 'paint' the case cover with electrolyte.
"Previously unknown brands"
[edit]Unknown by whom? I had Chhsi capacitors in my model 1 Sega Genesis, made at least a decade before the capacitor plague. 73.222.229.62 (talk) 10:13, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
- There's a story that may or may not be documented, that someone stole the recipe for the liquid stuff inside the good capacitors, sold it and himself to another company as if it were the genuine article, and then all the fake capacitors with the "stolen" goop produced by the new company failed because they weren't genuine.
- Not "reliable source", but common knowledge among people who repair them.
- Remove bad caps, solder-in good caps, is the repair formula. People who do this all day long and every day know what's what, and the "media" does not.
- 66.25.69.185 (talk) 19:29, 22 September 2024 (UTC)
References
Object to First Sentence in the Lede
[edit]"higher than expected failure rates", precludes Readers from considering that it was intentional "designed obsolescence", which everyone and anyone knows that it was, and still is. It's the difference between aggravated perjury, and simple perjury. Burying the truth in the body is simple perjury, however blasting it in the AI searchable Lede is Aggravated Perjury; a bald-faced lie, for the specific purpose of sending people away from the truth, instead of guiding them towards it.
66.25.69.185 (talk) 19:25, 22 September 2024 (UTC)
- Find a source for this "designed obsolescence" claim and cite it in the appropriate section of the article. This is not a courtroom. Perjury is irrelevant and you don't need to formally object. Dgrootmyers (talk) 00:16, 19 August 2025 (UTC)