3 Jun
2003
3 Jun
'03
3:52 a.m.
--- Mike van Bokhoven <mike(a)ambientdesign.com> wrote:
...generally I find that on that sort of gear, the
only caps that
suffer catastrophic failure are those filter caps, and they do no damage
and are easy to replace. So my filter cap troubleshooting procedure has
degraded to 'plug it in, if the caps go bang, they're bad and need to be
replaced'.
I had an SMT filter cap blow in a 200MB SCSI drive... it was surprisingly
loud. I powered on the PC, heard the PSU click, then, before I could shut
it off... *BANG*. The machine proceded to power up as if everything was
normal, including the cloud of smoke hanging over it.
-ethan