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Posted by Colin Wilson on 10/04/06 00:37
> > Try taking the side off the machine and look closely at the capacitors
> > around the CPU socket - if any have a slightly "domed" top (rather
> > than flat) or you see any "oozing" fluid it could well be that.
Try searching for "capacitor" on this page for some more info
http://www.nvnews.net/cgi-bin/archives.cgi?category=1&view=2-03
....but searching on the likes of http://www.theinquirer.net for
"capacitor" returns lots of links to tales of woe, such as...
http://theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=18574
http://theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=5878
and more interestingly...
http://theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=13962
(I wonder who the large german computer manufacturer was...)
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