On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 11:54 AM, Mark Marr-Lyon <mark.marrlyon@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> It wasn't just Dell and not just a bad shipment, it was extremely
> widespread. Millions of bad capacitors were made, apparently due to a bad
> electrolyte formula obtained through industrial espionage.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague
>
> I've replaced capacitors on several things, but by far the most difficult
> was an iMac G5.
>
Didn't know about that - I just retired two 2005 G5's at home that were
flawless. The only G5 problem I was aware of was with the liquid-cooled
ones where the heat pipes would leak coolant onto the motherboards.
> > > You're lucky it was that easy. Dell knowling shipped computers for at
>
And how the hell did I send out an email with "knowingly" spelled like
that????
> --
>
> Paul Braun
> Music Junkie
>
> "Music washes from the soul the dust of everyday life." -- Harlan Howard
>
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