> I have started playing with my Compacts again, and my SE/30 has died. > :( I think it's a SimasiMac, but I'm not (yet) brave enough to swap > out the caps on the motherboard.
It's almost certainly not necessary to replace the caps. Nearly all of the offending ones are power supply bypasses, and there are many more than necessary. So a few dead ones here and there don't really make much difference. Just clean off the goo they've been leaking, and you'll most likely be fine. And seriously, the dishwasher method works extremely well. I rate the risk of damage from that operation to be well below that of manually replacing a zillion surface mount caps, especially if you're not experienced in that sort of thing. --Cheers, Tom -- Prof. Thomas H. Lee Center for Integrated Systems, CIS-205 420 Via Palou Mall Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-4070 http://www-smirc.stanford.edu 650-725-3709 voice, -3383 fax -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
