On Feb 18, 12:33*am, "hr(bob) "
wrote:
On Feb 17, 7:16*pm, Conor wrote:

In article , Rich Webb
says...

Perhaps the plague? No, not THAT one, THIS one:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague

Worth eyeballing since you already have the main board exposed.

Didn't think laptops used electrolytic capacitors...

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Conor

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What did you think they used for capacitors in the power supply?

In the external AC-DC brick/wart, yes there are certainly
electrolytics.

In the interior of the notebook, only a cost-cutting design would have
any, so yes it is possible but no better notebook would have any.