Re: [NTLK] OT : Apple Airport

From: Stephanie Maks (newton_at_maksystems.com)
Date: Thu Nov 07 2002 - 15:23:34 EST


Check out this web site:

http://www.vonwentzel.net/ABS/index.html

I had one that died when about 14 or 15 months old. It was a snap to
fix, just replacing the two capacitors. I opted to replace them with
higher-rated ones, but it's been running fine for about 12 months since
that happened.

-Stephanie

On jeudi, novembre 7, 2002, at 03:09 , Charles Isaac wrote:

>
> Uhm..... how does one fix this problem. I just had one that died.
>
> charles
>
> On Thursday, November 7, 2002, at 01:40 PM, Simon Roberts wrote:
>
>> 3. Many examples of the older model failed after 1-1.5 years of use,
>> due to the use of some inappropriately rated capacitors. In some cases,
>> Apple replaced the defective units, in many cases they refused to do
>> so. In case you pick up the old model for a good price, you should be
>> prepared for it to fail. It is not too hard to fix if it does fail.

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