Taiwanese Capacitors Leaking, Exploding

ackthpt writes "A few astute slashdot readers were on to something back when this article was published. After a tip (at e-insight.net) on failing caps over at amdmb I did a little looking around and found this article by Dennis Zogbi on TTI Inc.'s site, which goes into more detail. In a nutshell, many motherboards are now failing due to electolytic capacitors made with an inferior water-based electolyte. Within days or a few months these capacitors build up hydrogen gas and blow the rubber bung out the end of the capacitor, leaking electolyte and causing havoc. The problem may be widespread, as many consumer electronics made with these capacitors may also fail prematurely. Gary Headlee specializes in Abit motherboards, but as his FAQ states, he will work on other makes and the FAQ has more info on capacitor problems."

Comments

Oh boy...

[Anixamander]

build up hydrogen gas and blow the rubber bung out the end

Let the juvenile comments commence. I understand that this is an accurate description, but still...

On another note, access to /. has seemed incredibly slow today. Anyone else running into this?

The slowness issue

[sheWhoWalksWithToesL]

Yes, the internet seemed ot slow to a crawl right around 11:30 AM central standard time.... when I started reading /. Clicking on links seems to take 30+seconds to get anywhere.