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I wrote to Triumph Technologies, with this information, inquiring if this was a known problem. They replied as follows:
There was one batch of them with bad capacitors, hence your "explosive" problem. This have been fix in later productions. Most ibook/PowerBook user will never encounter this problem due to the lower Amp. The higher Amp on the iMac/eMac/PowerMac doesn't agree with the bad capacitor.
I guess I have sufficiently bad luck to get THREE of the early ones. I doubt I'll be able to get Computer Geeks to accept the third one back for replacement, and I'm about to try replacing the "bad" capacitor myself, if I can find the part. Anyone know where to buy components like this on the www? Radio Shack doesn't seem to carry the one I need (220uF, 6.3V, radial, 105 degree C, electrolytic).
If you've got an ME-910U2F, I would suggest that you NEVER plug it into an iMac or eMac; if you're shopping for an enclosure, I suggest you avoid this one. Google it on the WWW to get a picture of it so you know what to avoid if buying on ebay or from another vendor. OWC formerly carried this enclosure, but does not list it anymore. Neither do the Geeks, in fact. I will remain afraid--very afraid--to use ANY hard drive enclosure from this manufacturer on my eMac or iMac systems.
I hope this helps someone.
--Jim.
Hi Jim,
I'm a PC tech as well as a mac buff and unfortunately this problem is widespread throught the electronics and computer industries. Apparantly one of the major suppliers of capacitors had a problem in the formula for the electrolytes that did not show up in testing, but could cause the capacitor to burst. I've had to replace a few motherboards recently with the same problem and I haven't heard of anyone not being covered under warranty for it as the problem was well publicised and the component manufactures were quick to let even small oem's know.
There are a few reports on the net about it, a quick google search should provide you with more info to take in to support your warranty claim.
Greville.
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