Blown capacitors on a NVIDIA GeForce 7600. The capacitors did their job and vented safely but are no longer useful. Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/37prime/ / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GPU and multiple blown capacitors.
November 8th, 2009LeCroy 9400 Digital Oscilloscope’s ADC cracks
November 6th, 2009
The ADC for this oscilloscope is cracked and malfunctioning – only the upper 4 bits work. The screws shown that hold the heatsink on the reverse side of the board were loose and probably caused it to overheat and eventually crack. Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/imager/ / CC BY-NC 2.0
Resistor and PIC16F872 burned in a Weller WESD51
November 4th, 2009
Weller WESD51 fails with a resistor and a PIC burning up with no apparent cause. Weller fixed this under warranty and put a new tip on the iron as a little extra. Credit: http://www.rtach.com/pics/burn2.jpg
Capacitor leaks
November 2nd, 2009
MAX1939 melts a leg in motherboard
October 29th, 2009
A spilled coke spilled over a laptop motherboard and fried the voltage regulator. Credit: http://www.badfirmware.org/