Possibly the capacitor plague: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague

On 12/5/2021 1:16 PM, Carl Nobile via TriEmbed wrote:
Yup, a bad cap, usually the problem.


On Sat, Dec 4, 2021 at 6:19 PM The MacDougals via TriEmbed <[email protected]> wrote:

    My 10+ year old PC was hanging soon after booting.

    Tracked it down to a bloated capacitor on the graphics card.

    Just happened to have three replacements in an envelope in my lab.

    Works fine now.

    ---> Paul

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