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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. Dupe again by daghlian · · Score: 5, Funny

    This story has already been posted. This story has already been posted. This story has already been posted.

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  2. No matter how many times I refresh.... by Yo+Grark · · Score: 5, Funny

    ARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGG I'm still getting Slashdot's History Pages.

    I'm stuck in Cache HELL!

    Can someone tell me how to get the latest stories? :P

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    1. Re:No matter how many times I refresh.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      I'm impressed. This is not the second, but the third time this story has been posted. People actually pay money to read this site? I'd do better flushing 5+ bucks a month down the toilet.

  3. So... by labratuk · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...if a duplicate post is a 'dupe', does that mean a triplicate post is 'tripe'?

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  4. OMG! by NMerriam · · Score: 5, Funny


    hey, everyone! i don't think this is public yet, but there are some faulty capacitors going around!!!!! send this message to ten of your friends and post it everywhere or else nobody will know!!!!!!

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  5. Imagine by Mdog · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Wouldn't it be cool if the editors of slashdot ran a professional, spellchecked site? With policies that are more than whims? I know they're just a bunch of geek morons in Michigan, but a boy can dream, can't he?

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  6. 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

  7. Finally !! by KoolDude · · Score: 5, Funny


    From the Book of /. Postings:

    And Saint Hemos displayed the posting on paper, saying, 'O Lord, bless this Thy Holy Posting that, with it, Thou mayest blow Thine readers to boredom in Thy mercy.'

    And the Lord did grin, and the people did feast upon the lambs and sloths and carp and anchovies and orangutans and breakfast cereals and fruit bats and large chu--

     Hmm... Skipping a bit...

    And the Lord spake, saying, 'First shalt thou choose random Story. Then, shalt thou post it three times. No more. No less. Three shalt be the number thou shalt post, and the number of the posting shall be three. Four times shalt thou not post, nor either post thou two times, excepting that thou then proceed to post thrice. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then, post thou thy Holy Posting towards thy readers, who, being naughty in My sight, shall comment on it.'

    Amen.

    Congratulations, /. editors have finally made it ! ;)

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