Date   : Mon, 21 Oct 1991 21:56:07 GMT
From   : agate!spool.mu.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!kwgst@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Filip Gieszczykiewicz)
Subject: Re: HELP! MY COMPUTER IS DEAD!

In article <687653259.0@sfbhq.Fidonet.Org> Brice.Fleckenstein@f190.n231.z1.Fidonet.Org
(Brice Fleckenstein) writes:
>For what it's worth, a Cap is FAR more likely to develop a heavy-duty short 
>like you're seeing than a Diode or Resistor (Resistors almost ALWAYS increase 
>in value when overloaded and tend to fail open, Diodes are far more likely to 
>fail open as well).
> I'd check the Electrolytics FIRST - most likely point of failure....


       Greetings. And while you have the soldering iron out, check all
       the solid tantalum caps! I've seen everything from SCSI drives
       to Heath 'scopes have shorted tantalums as the problem. I think
       this is because people consider them to be infalible and Murphy's
       law is always waiting for an occasion like this ;-)

       Take care.
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