Well bad caps are still alive & well.
My machine just decided not to start up last night.
Two caps in the memory PSU circuits had decided to give up the ghost. Both were bulging and one was actually leaking gunge. I have replaced both and the machine is back up and running.
For those who want to know, the machine is a Packard Hell Pentium D 3000 dual core. Fitted with an ASR Prescott 800 mainboard.
The main CPU PSU caps are very hot 81C measured temperature. I'm wondering, should I replace them as well? The two toroid coils on either side and the vertical Choke at the rear are running well over
95C. Is/could this be normal for these components?Comments !