Date   : Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:48:30 +0100
From   : ats@... (Adam Sampson)
Subject: Wakefield Acorn Show Redux

Alex Taylor <zeem.uk@...> writes:

> An incredibly easy and cheap repair for anyone with basic soldering
> skills.

Hmm -- replacing the capacitors is indeed straightforward, but I
certainly wouldn't describe getting the PSU case apart and the board out
of it as "incredibly easy", even having done it a few times now. ;)

I've found changing one of the capacitors to be especially tricky if
it's exploded in such a way as to bulge outwards rather than upwards --
there's only just enough space to get a capacitor of the correct size
in. This is an argument for replacing the capacitors ahead of time, I
suppose...

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