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If your symptom is it keeps re-booting you have somthing putting a heavy load on the supply. Possibly the circuit that your Resitor(may be a current limit R) is connected too given it has run very hot. A method then is to lift different part of the circuit connected to the PSU. Sometimes...
I have worked on Power supplies for over 30 Years and this is not just a faulty resistor! The coating looks burnt and has blistered color bands so you can not read it. To blister like this something caused a large current to flow through the resistor. I agree the resistor is likley to be still...
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