Date   : Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:30:32 +0000
From   : afra@... (Phill Harvey-Smith)
Subject: PSU Failure

Alex Taylor wrote:
> 2008/12/15 Mark Haysman <jumbos.bazzar@...>:
>> Hi.
>>
>> The X2 class capacitors fail, causing that smoke.
> 
> And it doesn't stop the PSUs from working either, I've had loads do
> this, and I've often just carried on using them like that. The last
> one it happened to, I didn't even switch it off when it happened, I
> just carried on typing.

Humm there's something "wrong" about carrying on using a machine that 
has acrid smoke comming out of the PSU !

Anyway,  I'm going to leave the two PSUs a couple of days whilst the 
capacitors discharge and then replace the X2 caps, I bought half a 
dozzen about a month back when the first PSU did that.

Cheers.

Phill.

-- 
Phill Harvey-Smith, Programmer, Hardware hacker, and general eccentric !

"You can twist perceptions, but reality won't budge" -- Rush.