From: cd@notformail.com   
      
   On Sun, 23 Oct 2022 05:34:30 -0700 (PDT), "Peter W."   
    wrote:   
      
   >a) Do you have a VOM? And, if so, how good is it?   
      
   Several! Some professional ones too.   
      
   >b) Not that testing capacitors in-situ generally accurate, but you can   
   usually tell the difference between an open cap and a dead-shorted cap using   
   the Ohms scale.   
   >c) Similarly, transistors.   
   >d) And it is possible that the RIFAs were symptoms, not the cause.   
      
   It would be very useful to know, but I cannot tell when they blew and   
   if they blew together or seperately. I can say is that they both went   
   catastrophically and blasted crap all over the surrounding components.   
   But we all know these caps 'let go' after a certain time in service   
   anyway. You can pretty much guarantee it.   
      
   >   
   >Which would be a start.   
      
   Yes. On the face of it, this should be simple to find and fix, but the   
   layout of the PSU on this model is just awful. Just one example, they   
   didn't leave enough room for the board! it's tight interference fit   
   with the casing and can only be withdrawn and inserted with   
   considerable force.   
      
   >   
   >Peter Wieck   
   >Melrose Park, PA   
      
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