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Not sure about the author, but I would still be arguing the same thing. No, to a qualified technician there is hardly any difference between swapping capacitors on a TV board and swapping the PSU of a server. The main difference is the tool required.

But more importantly, what kind of patronizing, condescending attitude is that? "This is potentially hazardous, so we're not going to tell you how to do it"? I though most US citizens were against such nanny-state treatment? Or is this suddenly OK because it's not the government doing it, but a foreign corporation?



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