[JohnMcGivern]

Hi David, I was just poking around the caps again and I touched the top of vent area on cap basically by accident and it buzzed out on my meter so I tried it on all other visable caps and found another so 2 caps seem to be shorted one on the 5v rail the other on the _5.2 rail I will double check tomorrow. I am sorry for any inconvenience my inexperience has caused I report what I find then next day it's not there anymore it's as though something turns on or off i.e. transistor Thyristor. I think you are right David I measured the same cap and got 102ohms like you said 100E resistor plus transformer winding. Anyway I hope when I replace the 2 caps tomorrow I may get better readings I keep thinking of the guy on the eevblog having a nightmare. I don't have his experience so will take my time. David I will check voltage at the diodes they are v1279/80 battery attached to 2 pin connector beside fan connector.