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To: Kelly G. who wrote (150176)	2/13/2013 7:17:35 AM
From: Stock Puppy	Respond to of 213176

See : en.m.wikipedia.org Read "Industrial Espionage". If its a relatively new device there is no excuse, but a lot of companies got hit - including Apple. A number of years ago I brought in my G5 iMac - 3+years old - busted power supply - genius muttered "capacitors" and they fixed it for free. Practically every monitor in my work area - more than 25 monitors - got zapped. Same with external hard drive power supplies. I know because I took some apart, replaced the caps and the item worked. And yes, apart from cloak and dagger stuff, some companies will save a few pennies - yes, pennies - on cheaper components just to get a slightly better margin, who cares once the product is out the door. Since I like to tinker a bit I see these things first hand (started with taking apart my gramps pocket watches and putting them back together, working, minus a few springs) - sometimes a much superior rated component costs a penny or so more. Of course now it's much harder to see with surface mount components but bigger parts are still necessary/ used.