On Mon, 4 Nov 2002, Brian Chase wrote:
-> In September 2002, reports started to surface
in the United States
-> among brand name computer manufacturers that there were problems
-> with low-ESR aluminum capacitors produced in Taiwan. Apparently, a
-> poor-quality, water-based electrolyte had been supplied to multiple
-> manufacturers of low-ESR aluminum electrolytic capacitors in
-> Taiwan. Our intelligence sources in Taiwan later confirmed that as
This has impacted things other than commodity PC equiment.
www.dsm.org
(dedicated diamond star motors vehicles) has/d a section on do it yourself
replacement of capacitors on the engine control computer of the Eagle
Talon/Mitsubishi Eclipse/Plymouth Laser twins. Appears to be essentially
the same problem.
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