Computer motherboards sold at places including Best Buy and Amazon have been recalled because the capacitor “was installed in a reverse position which can lead to a short circuit, overheating or ...

Capacitors are an inexpensive little component on a PC motherboard, but they can be a costly headache for manufacturers when a whole bunch of them go bad. Last week, Dell announced it was going to ...

I was replacing my super loud PSU with a nice quit one today. So I decided that while I was pulling out all those power cables, I should give the computer a good cleaning. So after vacuuming all the ...

Defective capacitors--or "bad caps" as they are sometimes called--can disable your computer. And while they may not be widely familiar to consumers, they're nothing new to the PC industry. Capacitors, ...

So I knocked a capacitor loose on my motherboard (lesson, don't try to force parts / don't do computer repairs at 4am). And I can't identify it. All it says on it is ...

The motherboard of desktop computers is one of the neglected parts when carrying out computer maintenance. In fact, most of the maintenance tips suggested for desktop computers are focused on software ...

Ahh, unsealed court documents -- the gift that keeps on giving. Whether it’s the internal Microsoft e-mails made public in the Vista Capable case or Intel’s alleged strong-arming of computer ...

Determining whether your computer problems are due to a fried motherboard or another issue can often be difficult. The best way to find out is to eliminate other possibilities first, which takes some ...

Defective capacitors--or "bad caps" as they are sometimes called--can disable your computer. And while they may not be widely familiar to consumers, they're nothing new to the PC industry. Capacitors, ...