wrote:
Hi Jeroni,

After the "Hello" disappears, everything works just fine.

BTW, I bought this NEW on 10-25-05.


If it had electrolytics going bad I would expect it to boot faster when warm after it has been running for a while.
If it doesn't it could still be a failed electrolytic whose function is not critical for operation, sometimes such capacitor will have a bulged top or leak.