my DVD player all of a sudden quit working. no power, no nothing.

i opened it up and looked around the powersupply board, and saw a swollen electrolytic capacitor, looked like it had popped internally.

pulled it out, found it was a 10V 1000uF cap, wtf? this is a 12VDC power supply, why would they put a 10V cap in there?

replaced it with a spare 35V cap i had (little too large, it just barely fit), plugged it in and works like new.

i'm badass.

just thought I'd let y'all know.

3/9/2008 2:38:29 AM

gg

3/9/2008 4:37:36 AM

-swoon-

3/9/2008 6:17:54 AM

I salute you. Did a similar thing with my motherboard a few years ago.

3/9/2008 12:41:00 PM

im suspecting that they do shit like that, because that's a perfect way to cause a device to fail after a couple years of slight but continuous overvoltage.

then they can either charge you $30-50 for the non-warranty repair of a 75 cent cap, or make you buy a new device.

"disposable electronics", indeed

:grr:

3/9/2008 2:45:47 PM

what brand/model?

3/9/2008 9:30:43 PM

gg

3/10/2008 11:05:54 AM

you are a technician amongst engineers!

3/10/2008 11:34:16 AM

3/10/2008 1:41:47 PM