Clym5 wrote:Ah, alright. The component is mounted in such a way that obscures the view of the top of it. The other caps have "Carli" on top, but that's it. I'll have a look at the top of it later this morning.
The filter is still in the circuit, but it is bulging and smells bad when powered up, but the device no longer works. Everything else seems to be fine. Maybe it went open-circuit?
Its not the filter causing the problem, the filter will not go open circuit, it sounds like its ready to blow which is perfectly normal for old filters.
Sounds like the device is faulty and more significant issues else where preventing it from working.
Filters have hard shells that cannot bluge, they crack open and sometimes violently,
I have experienced dozens of filter failures, there can be a loud crack or a tinny pop but always followed by a big cloud of stinky smoke, not one device stopped working during or after failure, they also powerup fine when the filters are simply removed.
Filter caps dont have polarity.
Filters appear next to the power plug before other components and join the two live A/C wires.
You can remove the filter and still power up the device, not all computers have them, for example the system 80.
You may find its 0.01 uf and 0.47uf if its larger.
Take precautions to protect your eyes when close to the device, lids off and your powering up....