Steve, FWIW, I had been told that a blown capacitor seems much worse than it is. It was easy to get pretty damned concerned pretty quick... when you hear that hissing coming from a device plugged in, it sounds like it's gonna blow up real good! But in reality, it's not that big a deal.

I'm not downplaying your concern, but if the cap is the problem, it's really not too serious. As they say, if something is going to go wrong with an electronic part, it's likely to happen in it's early-use stage.

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