> > Sure, you have everything on lease, so they get replaced. It's the inconvenience > and > > lost productivity from PCs dying that's the real problem. > > Yeah, the dodgy capacitors was a big deal and not just limited to dell though. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague
That was the era where I basically boycotted MSI. Had enough of two year old boards with bulging GSC caps. At least they use Rubycon these days, when they aren't using polymer caps.
Antec used to use Fuhjyyu caps in their power supplies until it was found that they were falling well short of their expected lifetime; Antec learned their lesson as well.
On a side note, even the big companies like Nichicon had a shaky start to the millennium with their HM/HN series, and Nippon Chemi-con with their KZG/KZJ caps.