Capacitors are essential components in electronics, primarily used for bypassing and decoupling. Depending on the capacitor type and its application, it is prone to aging and failure. Detecting a ...

I am trying to repair a monitor that went bad on me a couple of years back. It failed one night with a "pop" sound and the screen went black. Since opening it up though, I have been unable to identify ...

[Manuel Caldeira] has built a nice electronics work area that would be the envy of many, complete with an under-shelf rail of custom-built instruments that are specific to the needs of areas of ...

Occasionally a design requires capacitors that are much closer to being identical in value to one another than the usual ...

Most recent board I've seen it on was a Gigabyte 8IEX. i845E chipset P4 board. One cap in the corner was gone. It may well have just been a fluke though.