G'day Mars,

Yeah, it won't power on at all and gives off a warm plastic smell, so you're probably right as to the reason for it's deadness.

Bits of brittle plastic dropped out of it too.

I'll put it on the shelf till I need parts.

Spewing, because it would have been a good machine to have in the desk so I could have easy access to Service Manuals.

On the upside, I've pulled the RAM, a pair of 256MB DIMMS.

Score!

So it's not a total loss.