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Originally Posted by Randy Thompson
On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 20:53:38 -0500, Don Hickey wrote:
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I believe a more likely candidate than the PC would be the monitor. High
voltage for the screen requires some large electrolytic capacacitors. Have
you taken any steps to isolate the failing unit.... PC, monitor, scanner,
external drives, etc?
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I had a Philips VCR that had a bad power supply, when i got it back from the repair shop and let it warm up, it would give out a bleach type smell, turned out to be excess solder flux (the orange stuff) around the joins - when the transformer in the PSU would warm up it would give off the stink. I left it plugged in and the smell 'burned' itself away in about a week.
Also, my LG CRT monitor gives off a less noticable smell, caused by the deflection yoke, if you leave the room and come back in a few minutes later you can smell the nice warm fuzzy monitor, Ahhhhh!