On Wed, 26 Jul 2000 22:21:47 +0100 (BST) Tony Duell

> > The electrolytics are Mallory CGS 2900MFD 250VDC. The one on the -

> > And there's another clue. Those capacitors are rated for 250V, and yet > you're seeing 280V across them. While they'd probably stand that for a > short time, not computer power supply would be designed to work like > that. So either there's a fault, or you're not measuring the voltage you

I think Tony's spotted a very strong clue, here. Kinda makes me suspect that the voltage measurement is going wrong for some reason. Could there be some non-DC component that's making the meter read wrongly?