According to the AIT brief, Dell knew about a fatal problem with its OptiPlex motherboards as early as January 2003 and knew specifically about the Nichicon capacitor failures by January 2004.

The VRM of a motherboard is responsible for routing the right voltage to your PC components. It's made up of chokes, ...

Anyone who’s worked with older tube-based equipment will be familiar with the type of vintage electrolytic capacitor which integrated several capacitors into one can. Long obsolete, they can be ...

the motherboard they’re working on has definitely seen better days. Specifically, it was better before corrosion from a leaking electrolytic capacitor and the well-meaning touch of its owner.

The PWM capacitors on the motherboards are HI-C CAPs. HI-C CAP (Highly-conductive polymerized Capacitor) is a high end capacitor which is already used for years in the server industry. MSI is the ...

Selected high-quality solid capacitors and POSCAP! The all capacitors on these two motherboards are high-quality solid capacitors that are made in Japan. These capacitors with low impedance and ...