On 8/13/17, 11:15 PM, "cctech on behalf of Dominique Carlier via cctech" <cctech-boun...@classiccmp.org on behalf of cct...@classiccmp.org> wrote:
>On 12/08/2017 19:35, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: >> the black one in the lower left >> >> it is a tantalum, which are known to short, try removing them >> > >Yes ! It was this one that was shorted ! >I decided in the same way to repair the second disk drive but this time >by taking some pictures. It would be a good idea to replace all tantalum capacitors; if two shorted, chances are others are on their way out soon, too. Sometimes, tantalum capacitor failure is paired with a nasty epxlosion that can make a mess of things. Camiel
