This Zalman ATX PSU was bought back in 2003 by a friend and I got it in 2008. I've been using it on a daily basis since then. I always disconnect it from power at night.
Since past week I noticed that it didn't want to start from cold state. After a while it eventualy started normally, but this "while" was growing everyday.
This PSU has been never serviced. Not bad considering it has quite a few TEAPO's:
https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showpo...3&postcount=70
Nothing bloated. I check ESR and I find abnormal reading (>2Ω) in a TEAPO 1000uF/10V, from 5V standby rail. Replaced both TEAPO from that rail and working.
A rather sentimental repair.
Since past week I noticed that it didn't want to start from cold state. After a while it eventualy started normally, but this "while" was growing everyday.
This PSU has been never serviced. Not bad considering it has quite a few TEAPO's:
https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showpo...3&postcount=70
Nothing bloated. I check ESR and I find abnormal reading (>2Ω) in a TEAPO 1000uF/10V, from 5V standby rail. Replaced both TEAPO from that rail and working.
A rather sentimental repair.
But today, I’m making an exception here. Why? No idea. Perhaps only because the repair details are still “fresh” in my head… which is ironic, given this is a 16 year old monitor that hardly anyone will care about today. It is new to me, though. 
I picked it up last November from someone on my local Craigslist. It wasn’t very close to where I live, but was close to a family friend that I had to go visit anyways. So after watching the posting on Craigslist for a few weeks and seeing it getting...
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