Tom Hornberger on 25 Jun 2004 13:57:03 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] Computer Won't Boot


On Friday 25 June 2004 09:42, brad-plug@litech.org wrote:
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> From the moment I give it power, there is a
> strange smell emanating from the area near where the CPU connects to the
> motherboard.

Could be the capacitors on the motherboard that filter the power coming in.  
There was a rash of bad caps on Taiwanese mobos awhile back.

Tom
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