On Tuesday 12 September 2006 03:05 pm, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > 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. If you hook them up backwards,sometimes they let the smoke out ..and as everyone knows computers run on smoke and if you let the smoke out ...it won't work ;-) > > Mikkel > -- > > Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, > for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! -- Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice Doggy" While you look for a rock..Will Rodgers
