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

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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.

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