[GanjaTron]

Hi everyone,

quick question. Maybe it's just me, but I could swear my Crimson recently emits a smell reminiscent of burnt paper.  It does so just minutes after powering up, and it's gotten quite intense to the point where I had to shut it down.

Note I don't actually see any smoke, and maybe my nose is even playing tricks on me, but there's the nagging doubt...

I'm suspecting the two metallised paper RIFA filter caps on the Power One PSU's primary board. I thought I replaced these when I refurbished the PSU, but the piccies I took as records don't confirm this (I definitely replaced them in my PowerSeries, tho). I've seen a lot of these caps blow recently, and really should have known better back then. Nowadays I replace them outright, cracked or not.

Has anybody had issues with these caps in their PSUs, or should I be looking at something else? I'm really reluctant to haul this thing out from under my desk and spend weeks dismantling it again, only to find nothing amiss...

Thanks  for any hints. Have a good weekend,

--Roland