I wish this article had named the capaciter and its manufacturer(s). Capaciters are used in lots of electronic manufacturing, and I have thousands in the warehouse, left over from various jobs.
In before first “should have bought a mac” post.
See Reply #10.
Panasonic DVC Pro videotape machines from a few years ago had endless capacitor problems. The maintenance unit would have to recap every deck every couple of months.
“I wish this article had named the capaciter and its manufacturer(s). Capaciters are used in lots of electronic manufacturing, and I have thousands in the warehouse, left over from various jobs.”
If my memory serves me correctly, ALL the electrolytic capacitors were potentially affected at a certain time of manufacture. I think the problem was that there was only ONE source for a chemical used in the manufacture of the caps and that it was contaminated. All manufacturers were affected to some degree. At that time I was working for NCR and had to replace a boatload of IBM motherboards.
PC’s are (for the most part) junk! Consider the hardware as disposable. The hardware will be overtaxed by the changes in software demands in about 2 years time.
Good thing FR has a very simple web interface. Gosh, I can even use a Win98 machine if I need to (or Puppy Linux as I am now).