capacitor

Today when I tried to turn on my PC nothing happened, so I turned off the power and tried again. When I pushed the power button I could heard a small bang like a firecracker from inside my case and I could smell something burning. I immediately powered off my pc and unplugged the power. On...

hey all, am trying something new today, so go easy on me :P Today we will taking a look at a new entrant in the budget PSU arena, The Hydance HY-500CT 500W Power supply.Hydance is manufactured by Energy Power Enterprise Inc which is dubbed as a subsidiary of Seasonic. Most of the products in...

Guys I have been having heating issue since today on my cpu. I changed my cabinet from an CM elite 360 to a CM HAF 912 today n while disassembling the pc and removing d parts from older cabinet I noticed a small capacitor lying on d floor similar to one on the motherboard. I couldn't find where...

Guy I am in urgent need of this : S20K300 (blue colour) capacitor for my 1KVA APC UPS which blew up due to over current. Please tell the vendor in India from whom I can buy this capacitor. Help Please.................................

Hello. First, please see attachment. I noticed this from a graphics card. Primarily as a matter of curiosity I'd like to know a) What the purpose, in general, a circuit part like that does (for instance, is it some type of capacitor or current regulator?), b) what could cause it to be damaged...