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Vintage 3dfx Voodoo 2 cards may inevitably fail due to pyroelectric capacitors — retrocomputing channel investigates and recommends preventive maintenance (www.tomshardware.com)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/53157024

It's not a matter of if; rather when.

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[–] Triumph@fedia.io 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Aren't bad caps a thing in pretty much everything? I've got a TV I had to replace caps on, too.

[–] cryptiod137@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Most likely thing to fail, yes

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