Electrolytic capacitor plague
 

I don't know if this topic or a thread is out there, but thought I bring it to the table. Yeah, I've had to repair a handful of LCD TV's, some monitors, and other devices built in the mid 2000's era due to this problem.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague


http://www.theguardian.com/technolog...ems-capacitors

Tom (PK)

Yes, have encountered the same thing on many Fender amps made from '99 thru the mid '00's. They were all branded as "IC".

Well now I know why an oldish Dell I got used has burst tops on the lytics...

I had a PC video card fail because of these stupid things. :gigglemad

These time-bombs were a perfect way to permanently slow down a PC. After several months to a year, those caps would bulge and the system slow down to a crawl and start to get crashy. I say time-bomb because I always thought of it (and still do) as the perfect built-in failure. After the year manufacturer warranty was up; buy a new one. Don't dare try and swap out a motherboard from underneath the operating system, unless you wanted to buy a new license or run a crack. Not good situation at all for the independent servicers.