WARNING: ELECTROLYTE LEAKAGE
Sample Date: 2002 // Origin: Unverified Formula
THE GREAT PLAGUE OF OF 2002
It started with a stolen formula. In the early 2000s, an industrial espionage attempt resulted in a capacitor electrolyte formula that was missing a key stabilizing compound. Millions of capacitors were manufactured with this flawed chemical mix.
By 2003, computers across the globe started dying mysteriously. Motherboards bulged. Power supplies smoked. The "Capacitor Plague" had begun.
We founded BadCaps to document the serial numbers, the brands to avoid, and the methods to replace them. What started as a warning list became the internet's largest repository of board-level repair knowledge.
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