@ScottM posted:I have been in the process of servicing my friend's PS3 upgraded MTH Veranda Turbine and have been presented with many challenges, including multiple frayed & pinched wires, a blown power chip resulting from one of those wires, and a bad tach reader. The power chip was replaced by a certified tech.
but one issue remains: the temperature of the main board. Using the temperature probe on a multimeter, I measured 110F on the components circled (it actually feels hotter). The same type of components on the left side of the board also feel hot.
#1 this board was abused in the past with shorts and overloads. So much so it burned up at least one component.
#2 that component was replaced, but only that component and as part of the soldering process, nearby components such as these capacitors may have been heated or subjected to thermal and mechanical stress during that soldering repair.
#3 They tend to fail shorted with ever lower and lower resistance as more of the layers short, and thus as they fail generate tons of heat further causing failure.
