Debbie walked through the shack and noticed that one of the computers was offline. After a bit of testing, I found it was the monitor that had failed. I sub'd it with a smaller spare, and hauled it out to the workshop and onto the workbench. What I found was surprising...
After disassembly, I noticed several of the electrolytic caps' tops were bulging. Some had leaked electrolyte onto the pcb. No fuses were blown, the power supply had simply shut down. I began removing and testing caps. All but 1 of the 820uF caps tested less than 17uF, the 1000uF caps were 10uF or less! I continued removing and replacing caps, and all were either way below spec or open! I don't know how this thing had operated as long as it did...
I replaced all of the electrolytic caps, and reassembled the monitor. It's back in the shack and running like new on Debbie's computer. Here's a few pics...
