Re: Crisis in Japan: defective electro caps round the world

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From: Mr. XXXX
Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2002 22:27

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> In sci.electronics.design Mr. XXXX <random.qu@ew.invalid.com> wrote:
>> IMNSHO it's a bit similar to the 1994 Pentium scandal.
> 
> Absolutely nothing like.
> That was one product, that tended to be a 'big sticker' item, that the 
> end user could easily identify.
> There may be up to several hundred capacitors in some consumer devices, 
> which not only means that if the capacitors are unreliable, the device
> is far more likely to fail than if there was only one, but that they 
> are going to be almost impossible to replace.

Sorry. You're right, that could be much worse. Esp. cause many models of 
caps are effected.

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