Comments on: When good capacitors go bad

Not all broken PC caps will bulge, swell and burst. They can fail, and you'd never know by looking at them.

[bizbosl]

Dell

Isn't this what dell is running into right now?

[msingersfo]

Dell's bad caps

Aaron,
You bet Dell is having problems with faulty capacitors.

And you can read more about the story here:
http://news.com.com/PCs+plagued+by+bad+capacitors/2100-1041_3-5942647.html?tag=nefd.lede

[Stating]

Hosed If You Have A Laptop

If you have a laptop with this problem and it's out of warranty you are hosed. It's very difficult to open up a laptop to check for this problem without breaking something, and a motherboard replacement will be very costly.

[Carey934]

Bad caps

I was the first person to bring this subject in the public spotlight - see http://www.careyholzman.com for all the info starting from the beginning as I tried in vain to get places like news.com to carry this story years ago, long before badcaps.net existed.

[alek_nedic]

easier capacitor integration?

http://www.analogstereo.com/cassette_deck_alpine_nve_n852a.htm