Somewhere on the interweb "kony" typed:


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> I suspect you have failed capacitor(s) in your power supply.

I had that last week on one of my older machines. Scared the bejesus out of
me:

http://test.internet-webmaster.de/upload/1191392010.jpg

That's what it looked like after I plugged the PC in (with the side off and
my ear right next to the PSU). Went off like a shotgun. Luckilly I still had
my hand on the power cord, I unplugged it in about 0.002 sec. I found an
Enermax supply that had died a quiter death a while back that had a pair of
Rubycon caps in it the same size and specs as this and the one next to it. I
replaced them both and the PSU is running fine again.

[Warning: There can be dangerous voltages present acroos the bigger caps
like these even if your PSU has been turned off for a while. (mine sparked
against the soldering iron) I don't recommend that you open PSUs yourself
ubless you know what you're doing]

I know that's not exactly what you mean by failed capacitors Kony but I had
to share. :-)
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TTFN

Shaun.