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<blockquote data-quote="VastDeathmaster" data-source="post: 44678"><p>In another post, I asked about a capacitor in my new eMac. It looked blown.</p><p></p><p>Yet the system runs fine. I'm wondering if there is trouble in paradise.</p><p></p><p>Description:</p><p></p><p>I opened the bottom of the eMac to swap out the memory. When the panel is removed, you can see the cable for the harddrive, and the two memory slots. To the right are two capacitors. One looks normal, but the other looks like it is blown.</p><p></p><p>Here is what I remember about capacitors from an electronics class. Their tops are normally flat. If they are not and have a domed look to them (ie. not flat on top but convex) then that capacitor is bad. On a motherboard, a blown cap is one that is darkened and has a domed top.</p><p></p><p>I don't remember the internal workings of a cap, but this one <em>looked</em> like it was leaking.</p><p></p><p>Any ideas here? I have had the machine for less than a week.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="VastDeathmaster, post: 44678"] In another post, I asked about a capacitor in my new eMac. It looked blown. Yet the system runs fine. I'm wondering if there is trouble in paradise. Description: I opened the bottom of the eMac to swap out the memory. When the panel is removed, you can see the cable for the harddrive, and the two memory slots. To the right are two capacitors. One looks normal, but the other looks like it is blown. Here is what I remember about capacitors from an electronics class. Their tops are normally flat. If they are not and have a domed look to them (ie. not flat on top but convex) then that capacitor is bad. On a motherboard, a blown cap is one that is darkened and has a domed top. I don't remember the internal workings of a cap, but this one [I]looked[/I] like it was leaking. Any ideas here? I have had the machine for less than a week. [/QUOTE]
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