That whole 'just replace the cap' shortcut has cost me more time than it saved

I keep running into people who swap out a bulging capacitor on a board like that's the whole fix, but they skip checking the traces under it. Last month a guy brought me a 2007 Samsung plasma power supply where he did exactly that and missed a burnt-out via about 2 inches down the line. How do you even diagnose a problem if you won't grab a multimeter and follow the voltage path?

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ivan87323d ago

Bro, ain't that the truth, trace rot is a nightmare nobody talks about.

parkerb7523d ago

Gotta disagree a little @ivan873, trace rot is just regular corrosion from moisture or bad boards, not some magical curse, but yeah it's still a pain to fix.