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Re:The looming software kill-switch lurking in aging Playsta... by bxparks on Thursday April 15, 2021 @09:31AM (#26820231)
Super capacitors seem to die as well. I have 4 dead capacitors out of the 8 DS3231 RTC modules that I have bought within the last 2-3 years.
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Re:The looming software kill-switch lurking in aging Playsta... by kipchak on Thursday April 15, 2021 @09:36AM (#26820288)
I think the original xbox used a super capacitor that has a very high leak rate for earlier models.
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