[sdiy] [OT] electrolytics specs

[Tony Clark]

> I have an old laptop here that died. The autopsy revealed some green spots
> of corrosion in the PS. Curiously, it was all spread around one of the
> electrolytics, which was NOT blown.

   Could have been some left over organic flux from assembly that wasn't 
successfully cleaned off.  I'm fairly sure this happened to my Trident 
because I found a whole section just like that.
   And no, it wasn't the fabled battery-leakage!

   Cheers,

   Tony

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