[Nottingham] Digital cameras & capacitor plague -- Oh my!

[ForkBombFluf]

On Tue, 18 Nov 2008, Martin wrote:

> ForkBombFluf wrote:
> [...]
>> ROFL... I was sitting here counting sheep, waiting for you to mention the
>> blindingly obvious problem.
>
> Glad to oblige.
>
>> We don't do many component level repairs (unless they're on our own
>> personal equipment, or *very* quick and easy)
>
> 5 mins to extract and 5 mins to solder in the replacements.

So...  You've taken a lot of G5 iMacs apart have you Martin?

You do realize you have to get to the *bottom* side of the board first to 
replace them, right?

Has anyone got a broken G5 iMac spare?  I'd *love* to see Martin get into 
it and replace the 5/6 caps in question 10 minutes.

http://jimwarholic.com/2008/07/repairing-apple-imac-g5-motherboard.php

(if you want to do a bit of research and reconsider)

-Stef