Aww, yes, now that I learned so much more about how capacitors are used inside of electronics, and their tendency to leak and fail when they get old, I am certain that some intermittent failure issues with some of my mid-2000s-era computers are due to capacitor issues. But, why is it that I don’t really have capacitor issues with my late 1980s and late 1990s computers? Surely, is it that I am still experiencing the issues of defective “Chinese capacitors” to this day? Well, looks plausible. The full time range of affected equipment is from 1999 to 2007.
20191115/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague
Interesting that the “Chinese drywall” issue happened around the same time frame.
20191115/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_drywall