I remember that shrinking thing. It happened to the wicked witch when they threw that bucket of what seemed like water on her ("I'm melting! I'm melting!"), thus proving it is just as dangerous to let magic water into electronics as it is to let magic smoke out!
Sorry, couldn't resist.
Hope you get the problem solved easily and soon.
EDIT: Oh, yeah, the witch had a bad cap, too... tall, pointy thing that went flat on the bottom end.