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PCs Plagued by Bad Capacitors

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the enemy-within dept.

Hawaiian Rules writes "CNET has a story detailing a new threat to Dell PCs, Apple iMacs and other computers with Intel boards. This has been documented on BadCaps.net for some time, but the article also discusses what to do if you suspect you've got a case of the bad caps."

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  1. Nothin new here. Just like Car Makers. by Vorondil28 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If a car maker can get away with a cheaper, flimsier [insert part here], save a few cents on each car, and sell millions of cars, they can make a mo'load more profit than if they'd gone with the slightly better quality part on every car. Same thing here only with mobos and capacitors -- nothing new.

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