Paul Johnson wrote: > > Where to check: Look on the motherboard for small black cylinders > with silver tops. The cylindrical capacitors are about 1/4 of an inch > in diameter and one half on an inch high. The silver tops have an X > on edged them. Those silver tops are supposed to be flat or slightly > sunken in, not convex (swolen). They are NOT supposed to look like > cupcakes baking in the oven, in other words. > For future reference, that is a + and not an X. If you look carefully, you will notice one of the leads is below the +. Those are what are called electrolytic capacitors,and have to be hooked up correctly. If you mix the + and - leads, they tend to die rather quickly, and sometimes make a mess. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
