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If you yourself or a friend do surface mount work then it probably will
only cost a couple of dollars for the part. Most likely something else
is bad that caused the part to burn up.
Randy
On Tue, 2005-06-14 at 17:26 -0400, John Wells wrote:
> Guys,
>
> After examining the mb with a flashlight, I found the culprit.
>
> See:
>
> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.sourceillustrated.com/mb_1.jpg";>http://www.sourceillustrated.com/mb_1.jpg</a>
> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.sourceillustrated.com/mb_2.jpg";>http://www.sourceillustrated.com/mb_2.jpg</a>
>
> Ok...now for real technical lingo here...
>
> Of the four square thingies with the silver circle in the middle, notice
> one is most definitely *not* like the other. First, what is this fried
> and charred thingie? Second, does this look like it may have resulted
> from a lightning strike (we had some good ones here this weekend). I have
> the box behind a good surge protector and UPS, but like a DAU I have cable
> running directly into a tv tuner card with no surge protection, so I'm
> wondering if that may have provided a clear path.
>
> Interested in learning your thoughts. Thanks again for the help!
>
> John
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