[rescue] Dead octane?

[Ethan O'Toole]

One word!

ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITORS!

They seem to be in lots of modern electronics, and dry out all the time.

In the arcade game restoration world, complete kits are sold for every 
monitor type, because they have to be changed out.

I'd be willing to bet this is the case with the older computers as well!

Perhaps time to start making lists of which caps are required ot re-cap 
which power supplies!

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