Often, there is swelling on the tops and the base of the capacitators, cylinders that measure about an inch in length. If a brownish residue oozes from the base, the capacitor is bad.

Everyone knows that the perfect capacitor to decouple the power rails around ICs is a 100 nF ceramic capacitor or equivalent, yet where does this ‘fact’ come from and is it even correct… ...

An Athlon nForce motherboard with swollen, rusty, leaking capacitors, from what Ars forum member DaveB describes as "that time period." Credit: DaveB ...

Backwards capacitor causes fiery failure for some high-end Asus motherboards Asus has issued a statement and recall for affected Z690 boards. Andrew Cunningham – Jan 3, 2022 3:44 pm | 121 ...

The latest advancement in capacitor technology offers a 19-fold increase in energy storage, potentially revolutionizing power sources for EVs and devices.