Capacitors are an inexpensive little component on a PC motherboard, but they can be a costly headache for manufacturers when a whole bunch of them go bad. Last week, Dell announced it was going to ...

Defective capacitors--or "bad caps" as they are sometimes called--can disable your computer. And while they may not be widely familiar to consumers, they're nothing new to the PC industry. Capacitors, ...

I have this computer that is acting really weird. <BR><BR>The computer will fail to boot most of the time, but sometimes it will boot and then it works okay. The problem is most of the time it doesnt ...

Old electrolytic capacitors are notorious for not working like they used to, but what exactly does a bad capacitor look like, and what kinds of problems can it cause? Usually bad caps leak or bulge, ...

One of my depts has about 6 Dell GX270 towers and 2 of them had motherboards die due to bad caps. Dell replaced them free despite them being out of warranty. But that offer expired some time ...

[glytch] sent in a tutorial on replacing dying capacitors on a motherboard, and we honestly can’t think of a better subject for an introductory tutorial. There’s nothing like having your friends think ...

I worked as a design engineer for an optical-telecom company that had deployed 1000 pieces of equipment worldwide. Having so many modules in the field means a trickle of returns, and it was my job to ...

Fig. 1: Spurious emissions seen on the exciter RF output. One of the biggest hassles in maintaining older equipment is getting it repaired when it fails. A lot of companies don’t even want to deal ...

Capacitors are an inexpensive little component on a PC motherboard, but they can be a costly headache for manufacturers when a whole bunch of them go bad. Last week, Dell announced it was going to ...

Defective capacitors--or "bad caps" as they are sometimes called--can disable your computer. And while they may not be widely familiar to consumers, they're nothing new to the PC industry. Capacitors, ...