Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

hello all
Sharpie here, I actually joined a few years back for some info but only started to explore more into replacing bad caps & more on the side. I work full time as a service tech for a company that does Laser printer/copier repairs out of south central PA (mostly HP branded equipment).

Re: The Hall of Shame - Badcaps Photo Montage

opps meant to put in there Model 2335DN not 3330.

Re: The Hall of Shame - Badcaps Photo Montage

Ran across a Dell 3330DN Laser All-in-one (uses a samsung engine if I recall) that a customer called in to us saying it wouldn't power up. After getting onsite I could hear a continous clicking sound as you tried powering it on but the display would only flicker for a second & go blank again.

So I removed the covers trying to find the power supply board & not to my surprise were 2 bubbled CapXon caps. Clicking sound was coming from the transformer on the board, guessing due to low power. I'm thinking they were...