Bad Tantalum! Bad!
Why does this capacitor have three legs? It makes it easier to use machines to assemble the boards - the center leg on this one is the anode (positive) and the outer legs are cathode (negative) connections. No matter which way you insert it, you can't get it wrong.
These little guys are 4 times as expensive as two legged versions so it was replaced with a standard two legged version. It works, just make sure you get the polarity correct.
@mbbrutman I had one blow on my XT motherboard a few weeks back. Fortunately it just works fine without it.
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