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Corporate Espionage Leads To Faulty Motherboards

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the cowboyneal-is-too-lazy-to-make-a-dept dept.

Champs writes "If you've gotten the feeling that they really don't make 'em like they used to, you might be right. This article at IEEE Spectrum tells the story of large batches of faulty capacitors sourced from Taiwan causing motherboards to eventually fail, with an interesting twist on the reason why these capacitors failed."

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  1. More info from the guy who changes the caps by sapgau · · Score: 5, Informative

    Gary Headlee is the guy mentioned in the article who has more information on the list of boards affected:
    Motherboard Cap Replacement