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Got juice? Leaky capacitors shorting circuits; problem spreads - Taiwan-made capacitors causing problems

Failing capacitors are sending shock waves up the electronics food chain-literally. PCs are crashing and televisions and camcorders are going on the fritz, and the problem is becoming more widespread, according to those who replace those components.

At the heart of this controversy are low-ESR aluminum electrolytic capacitors, all of which were made in Taiwan. According to systems integrators who build custom PCs and those who repair them, the capacitors start leaking electrolytic fluid within days or weeks after the computer is turned on. In most cases, the leaking fluid causes short circuits. Less commonly, they actually explode.

Carey Holzman, a private-label white-box PC builder in Glendale, Ariz., started noticing the problem about 10 months ago and has been contacting motherboard vendors to get them to acknowledge and fix the problem. So far, no one is owning up to it.(Continue Reading)

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