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OK... the plot thickens? i purchased an ESR meter and all the caps i have pulled out seem to measure good... I have been probing the board in continuity and diode modes with dmm to try and understand more which is slowly working. I was probing the DC input jack and have realised something. The AC adaptor i bought has what seems to be a much longer barrel than the one thats supposed to be supplied with the unit (comparing from photo sent by warm).. I have noticed the input jack is a 3 connector design (the longer barrel connects to extra side connector, shorter doesn't)and wonder whether this could in fact be the source of the problem... in the pic left dc tip is adaptor i bought left is incorrect dC supply provided but looks same length as correct one by looking at photos.. edit :.... it turns out the longer jack doesn't go all the way in so this is highly unlikely a factor..

<blockquote data-quote="p0p0p0000" data-source="post: 1191293" data-attributes="member: 145921"><p>OK... the plot thickens?&nbsp; i purchased an ESR meter and all the caps i have pulled out seem to measure good... I have been probing the board in continuity and diode modes with dmm to try and understand more which is slowly working. I was probing the DC input jack and have realised something. The AC adaptor i bought has what seems to be a much longer barrel than the one thats supposed to be supplied with the unit (comparing from photo sent by warm).. I have noticed the input jack is a 3 connector design (the longer barrel connects to extra side connector, shorter doesn&#039;t)and wonder whether this could in fact be the source of the problem...&nbsp;&nbsp; in the pic left dc tip is adaptor i bought left is incorrect dC supply provided but looks same length as correct one by looking at photos..&nbsp; edit :.... it turns out the longer jack doesn&#039;t go all the way in so this is highly unlikely a factor..</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="p0p0p0000, post: 1191293, member: 145921"] OK... the plot thickens? i purchased an ESR meter and all the caps i have pulled out seem to measure good... I have been probing the board in continuity and diode modes with dmm to try and understand more which is slowly working. I was probing the DC input jack and have realised something. The AC adaptor i bought has what seems to be a much longer barrel than the one thats supposed to be supplied with the unit (comparing from photo sent by warm).. I have noticed the input jack is a 3 connector design (the longer barrel connects to extra side connector, shorter doesn't)and wonder whether this could in fact be the source of the problem... in the pic left dc tip is adaptor i bought left is incorrect dC supply provided but looks same length as correct one by looking at photos.. edit :.... it turns out the longer jack doesn't go all the way in so this is highly unlikely a factor.. [/QUOTE]

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