Some Minisforum mini PCs are being recalled due to incorrect capacitor materials, but let me ease at least some people's concerns right away. This problem doesn't apply to Minisforum mini gaming PCs. It applies only to a specific batch of NAB9 mini PCs.
Minisforum explains (via VideoCardz) that [[link]] the "potential issue" affects "some NAB 9 Mini PC units manufactured between September 19, 2024, and March 14, 2025." The NAB9 isn't a gaming PC, as it lacks a dedicated GPU and doesn't have an integrated GPU capable of proper gaming.
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Although it seems like replacing the CMOS battery helped these users, this fix only lasted a few months before the PCs wouldn't boot again. This could be a separate issue, of course, but it does make me question whether the problem might span wider than the time frame Minisforum suggests.
At any rate, if you think you're affected and your PC was manufactured in that time span, you can contact Minisforum ([email protected]) or submit a report "through the original purchase channel", whatever that means.
Affected units, the company says, will need to be returned for verification, and then once it's confirmed a replacement unit will be shipped out to you with an additional 12-month warranty.
This wouldn't be the first time dodgy capacitors have caused an issue for manufacturers of electronics. They may be tiny, but pick the wrong capacitors and it can quickly turn into a catastrophe. One famous event spanning the early 2000s, dubbed the 'capacitor plague', saw widespread issues due to faulty capacitors. Y2K never happened, but this was very much a real nightmare.
Oh, and in more recent history, capacitors were the likely culprit for various issues on some graphics cards, such as EVGA's RTX 3080.

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