oh, trust me. I am more than familiar with the story. I wonder, though, if
it is only the Taiwan caps, why are Sony TV's affected? maybe those are
made in foreign locations or with foreign (to Japan) components

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"Cyber Chum" wrote in message
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On Mon, 8 Sep 2003 08:45:54 -0400, "TomG"
wrote:

the bad caps are affecting everything from TV's and VCR's to power
supplies
and motherboards. I even heard about them in microwaves!

Only the capacitors made in Taiwan though and not ones from Japan.
Look up the story as to why there are bad capacitors on the market.
Some dickhead was up to no good and got burned by it.