On Thu, 16 May 2013 02:25:09 +0100, "Arfa Daily"
wrote:

Anyway, I started to measure them all, and every single one, in both
channels, is either high ESR or completely open. Over 20 caps in all.

Most likely they are all counterfeit parts. You can sometimes
recognize them by various differences from the real parts, but what
I'm seeing is that the counterfeits are getting closer to the real
thing.
http://www.badcaps.net/wiki/index.php?title=Counterfeit_Capacitor
https://www.google.com/search?q=capacitor+fake&tbm=isch
https://www.google.com/search?q=capacitor+counterfeit&tbm=isch

My collection:
http://802.11junk.com/jeffl/pics/repair/bad-caps.jpg


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