Re: Xbox 360 Capacitors. Common Failure?

Most of the systems I work on are newer and already have the updated gpu heatsink and extra pipe and sink. I get most of my systems by the pallet from store returns so they are usually less than a year old. Its actually the jaspers that are harder to repair as they are red ringing without being old enough to fill up with dust and dirt. No sign of cracked solder on the few I have x-ray. Manufacturing defects that are hard to track down. I rework most, part out and scrap the rest.

Anyone know why MS is changing caps from 1500uf...

I have worked on hundreds of xbox 360 mainboards and have seen many come back from Microsoft Repairs with Caps Changed.

Does anyone know if there are certain caps in the Xbox 360 that are prone to failure and should be replaced by default?

OR

is Microsoft just removing caps and plastic ports so they can oven rework/reflow boards?

I am well aware of the problems with the cracked leadfree solder and I have a computer controlled rework machine to repair the boards and sometimes reball the chips.

However this is sometimes...