--- On Fri, 6/24/11, Duncan Mac Dougall <[email protected]> wrote:

> Sounds like cap rot. The SMT electrolytic capacitors used in just
> about anything electronic from the late 80s-mid 90s are at
> the end of their lifespan. They will leak, causing the machine to
> malfunction at best and corrode the motherboard at worst.

To the tune of "Bad Boys" the COPS theme song... ;)

Bad caps, Bad Caps
Whatcha gonna do, Whatcha gonna do,
When they leak that goo?

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