> A WELL-KNOWN problem with Tantalum caps is that if run in equipment for > some time, then put on the shelf for some years, then powered up again, > the caps will fail, often spectacularly. Sometimes, in things like memory > boards, you will have to replace many caps. Likely, just the cap is bad, if it is > on an externally-supplied power rail. Supposedly, if you were to ramp up the > supply voltage slowly, it would allow the cap's dielectric to reform gracefully. >
I went ahead and replaced it. The drive spins up now, but sadly the drive doesn't actually work, after spinning up and making a few clunking noises, it spins down again. I suspect it is trying, and failing, to find track 0. Regards Rob
