Looking through old repair logs from my shop in Tacoma, I saw a pattern with 2008-era LCD TVs.

I found a note that we replaced over 30 bad capacitors in Samsung LN-T4665F models in just one year. The whole line had a known issue with cheap caps from one factory. It's wild how a single faulty part could cause so many identical failures. Anyone else remember dealing with that specific capacitor plague?

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morgan.rose6d ago

Wasn't that the same era with the bad caps in some Dell motherboards? I read a whole article about how a bad batch of electrolyte formula caused it. Honestly, it's crazy how one cheap part can ruin a whole product line.

bennett.evan6d agoMost Upvoted

Oh yeah, that was a huge deal... but it wasn't just Dell. It hit a ton of brands in the early 2000s because they all used the same bad capacitors from a few suppliers. The faulty electrolyte would dry out and the caps would bulge or leak, killing motherboards and power supplies. I remember it being a problem with a lot of off-the-shelf motherboards too, not just pre-built systems.

lindag336d ago

Yeah, like @morgan.rose said, one cheap part can really blow up a whole company's reputation.

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