How many of you have seen failed Panasonics!?

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  • keldeo
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    • Feb 2022
    • 30
    • USA
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    How many of you have seen failed Panasonics!?

    In my experience, I've seen failed Taiwan/Chinese caps, obviously as I'm sure all of us had. I've also seen the defective Nichicon and Chemi Con series. Even seen failed Rubycons (MBZ I think?) if they are exposed to a lot of stress and heat. I've never seen failed Panasonics until now! Not just one, but 3! Also in seemingly random locations on the motherboard. Next to the RAM and CPU, but not t part of the VRM. It felt like I spotted a Unicorn, so I had to make this post. Motherboard is a IPIBL-LA. OEM from HP.

    Unfortunately, I do not know the history behind this PC, it also had no HDD, so I don't have an estimate of the hours on it. I bought it for about $1, as it was on a pallet with nearly 40 PCs in total and I bought the entire pallet.
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    • stj
      Great Sage 齊天大聖
      • Dec 2009
      • 31293
      • Albion
      #2
      FL do fail, they were never sold retail, just special order for motherboards.
      probably too small for their spec so they got hot..

      also, FC can leak from the base after a decade or 2.

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        • keldeo
          Member
          • Feb 2022
          • 30
          • USA
          #3
          I see, I never knew that about the FCs. I guess given enough stress/heat/time any cap can fail, even Panny.

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