i do a lot of parts salvaging from discarded electronics.  occasionally, i harvest some organ from a corpse that was weak or diseased and i did not know.  it’s kinda fun when the smoke gets out of these bad parts.   i’ve replaced the cap now with a new stock one, and it boots and runs.  the button however is not working, likely popped the input line to the brain.

oh well, at least i can repair what i make…..