If you ever wondered what blown capacitors look like, here are a few of the worst ones I have ever seen. They must have smelt very acrid and strong with blue smoke and even popping sounds and sparks on occasion.
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I have been thinking of running Tomato firmware on my wrt54g in order to increase the range of the wifi and using QOS for streaming video around the house. One post I read mentioned that heat might be an issue and since I have not done any modding or soldering for months it seemed like a perfect little project. The 60mm fan and rheostat is total overkill but I really hate the high pitch whine of a laptop fan. I thought of soldering the fan straight to the board but that would have meant cutting the wires next time I want to open it up. This way I have fan control and quick disconnects. I am not going to post screen shots of setting up Tomato because there are much better tutorials than I can make with my limited experience with it. Bigger pictures are here.

This repair/recycle was from last month. Tear down was quick and easy,great practice. It is now a kids webkinz toy and cd player. Full shots are here.

This one had not been opened in over 2 years. As you can see it was home to a little spider and from the looks of it most of the babies escaped to the outside world. My wife thinks I need to charge extra per species. Larger pictures as usual are here.

This poor computer was stuffed in a cabinet under a desk. Wonder why it kept shutting down and BSODing. After cleaning it ran back to back virus scans for 4 hours with no problems. You can find the full size shots here.