Thursday, September 7, 2017

hardware failure - What caused a capacitor in the power supply start smelling?

I was using my computer in the morning then later in the afternoon I noticed some bad smell coming from the power supply. As I checked in, I noticed that one of the big capacitors was leaking and dry. The black wraping on it had peeeled out and some black matter was pasted on the sides.My machine has been doing great since, but today it caused trouble. what could have caused this and how do I fix it?

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