Cap Meter or ESR meter will help find failed/ marginal caps.  There is even
a PIC project to build a cap meter, just don't have the address handy.

Kev
HKC Inc

>         >
>         >How can I tell if it's the caps?
>
>
>         Your first clue would be if any have exploded, bulged, or ruptured
> their
>         tops.
>         After that, you'll likely need a schematic, and a meter at least,
to
> track
>         down the problem
>
> You forgot colour change - quiet or failed Sanyo TV sound was always easy
to
> fix, you just looked for the grey cap in amoungest the pink ones.  The
dried
> out caps heated up and changed the wrapper colour as they failed.
>
> Bye.
>