Bill Bradford wrote: > On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 09:11:58AM -0700, Curious George wrote: > >> I'm seeing a *lot* of "broken devices" that *just* have >> bad electrolytics somewhere in the power supply, etc. >> > > A number of companies got hit by the "bad cap" problem a few years ago. > Apple had a documented recall on the first iMac G5 system boards; I had to > replace mine due to this problem. Here's pictures: > > http://www.mrbill.net/photos/imacmidplane/ > > Bulged caps: > http://www.mrbill.net/photos/imacmidplane/tn/IMG_0744.jpg.html > > My Dell Precision 360 at work lasted longer - it took 4.5 years for it to > finally blow some of the VRM caps after a power outage. > > Bill > > ewww, not good, my 360 is getting close to that age now, time to take a peek next time I have it open and plan on replacing a pile of caps. erie