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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 23:33:34 -0500
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Subject: Re: [9fans] ohci funny on sb850
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On Fri Jan 14 23:29:27 EST 2011, lucio@proxima.alt.za wrote:
> > oh, and yes.  when pulling the old motherboard i noticed
> > about 2/3 of the caps are dripping.
>
> I wonder how that happened?  Every hardware problem I have diagnosed
> and occasionally fixed in the last few years, from motherboards to CRT
> monitors to external power supplies (mains voltage converters) has
> boiled down to one or more 10μF electrolytics packing up.  How many
> faulty capacitors were manufactured and deployed?  By whom?
> Intentionally?

these are 6.6v 1800µF caps.  see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague

- erik