Quote Originally Posted by Zerotech
Wow! Lots of action since I logged off yesterday. ..


I do appreciate all the in-depth information, though. I'm a bench technician with about 20 years off-and-on experience, so replacing capacitors will be a no-brainer (I even have a nice Pace desoldering station at work!).

Thanks again for the info/suggestions.
he-he-he .. we are all pretty much pc/network techies .. you know the 'sort' ..they look at blown circuitry mutter a bit & get on the phone for a replacement, you on the other hand probably see this as a challenge & get busy with your multi-meter !

A 'small' diversion into discussuion on how to spot such things was kind of inevitable, as to most here its just 'faulty' & realising you can easily fix such things for 1c worth of solder & a 5c component, is to some extent a revalation !

Now what the hell were you asking again ?