According to the AIT brief, Dell knew about a fatal problem with its OptiPlex motherboards as early as January 2003 and knew specifically about the Nichicon capacitor failures by January 2004.

The PWM capacitors on the motherboards are HI-C CAPs. HI-C CAP (Highly-conductive polymerized Capacitor) is a high end capacitor which is already used for years in the server industry. MSI is the ...

Selected high-quality solid capacitors and POSCAP! The all capacitors on these two motherboards are high-quality solid capacitors that are made in Japan. These capacitors with low impedance and ...