@Castellen
Aha! That sounds familiar - my A2000 went a similar way (hideous smell, too! Ick!), although the components looked more like resistors (or perhaps diodes)...
Do you know if these capacitors can be replaced?
I'm not too sure how my BPPC is powered - it's safely tucked away in the middle of my Eyetech tower, and I've not opened the case for a long time! :-) Works OK, though...
/me touches some wood...
