What if you get a review unit with busted caps???

[LongRunner]

I'm 70% sure this is going to happen with the MPT-xxx, so what's your plan of attack??? For example, using Japanese general-purpose caps to approximate the ripple output of a new unit??? (Then installing low-ESR caps if it survives the testing, to ensure later reliability...)

(I already know how many points to knock off for the caps - 3 or maybe even 4. )

[c_hegge]

If it had bad caps, it doesn't get reviewed, period. Not even if I recap it

[LongRunner]

Really??? You mentioned having to replace +5VSB caps in the HP-D3057F3H and CWT PSF400S-30, so I'm not sure how strict that policy is.

[c_hegge]

I used to do it occasionally on the 5vsb (since it's generally much more tolerant of differently spec'd caps). I don't do it anymore, though.