In message , Colin
Wilson o.uk writes
IIRC Dell still have a motherboard replacement policy in force on some
of their GX range due to the same thing.
GX and SX range. Just had a Dual Core machine fail with bad caps, well
under a year old (big name brand).
Had some clone boards fail with bad caps at just over a year old
recently.

The 'bad' electrolyte problem has been a major cause but fairly recently
there was also a *huge* batch of caps that were overfilled with
electrolyte and have been fitted to a lot of big name machines. Cooling
as always is a problem that kills caps quickly as well.
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Clint Sharp