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The obvious answer is that it is pulling too much current. The cause could be many things. First thing to look for is usually capacitors going bad followed by shorted transistors.
There no easy answers to this problem.
Often you can locate a shorted capacitor by looking for one with a bulging end or electrolite leaking.

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