From: kr-lund@nogarbage.online.no   
      
   Knut Roll-Lund wrote:   
   > BTW (question)   
   >   
   > I had to use the Model III to copy the floppy so the Model III was on   
   > and out of envy it blew a capacitor. Smoke came out of the top and it   
   > was that typical sour smell (good thing my wife isn't at home) so I   
   > opened it too expecting to see something nasty but no; it looks just as   
   > before and works. Anyone have any idea of how to identify the capacitor   
   > when visual inspection doesn't work? The smell seems to come from the   
   > powersuplies, I suspect the one that goes in behind the floppy tower...   
   > The smoke came out of the larger grille area so not from the   
   > motherboard. I'll check the power with an oscilloscope to see if there   
   > is any ripple but is there anything more to do. There is now an empty   
   > electrolytic capacitor somewhere there.   
   >   
   It is the 5.25" drive and it was the only good internal one... found it   
   using my sense of smell. Today there was not much smell and when I   
   turned the model III on the smell came from the 5.25 drive (at the top   
   of the tower now :2). And yes it doesn't work. It now has problems   
   moving the head.   
      
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