Link please?
And how hard would you say it is to do this (change caps and solder on new
ones)? I've only soldered once or twice and the trick seems to be how to
get it to not pool up and melt all over the place...is that by not getting
the gun too hot or something else?
BINO
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From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com
[mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Rick Glazier
Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 10:29 AM
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] something is going on at PCP&C
"Even I" have changed caps on MBs.
(I can do NASA certified soldering though... I was Gov't trained GEEIA)
It is worth it IF you can get good parts.
I researched the stresses the caps are under.
Only certain types are good for MBs.
SO, It can be a "good" cap, just the wrong one or type.
I forget the exact spec you need to look for... (High stress.)
Here is a site for a list "he" thinks are known looser MBs.
He sells cap kits, or pick-em yourself.
IIRC, he has instructions/warnings.
NO connection, and never bought any there.
Rick Glazier
From: "Christopher Fisk"
> At my company we've been doing manual repairs quite successfully on
> electronics with bad caps recently (on motherboards at least). It has
> saved us a lot of money in warranty repairs on some systems we sold with 3
> year warranties without realizing that the manufacture warranty was only 1
> year. About 10 of those systems have had bad caps at about 18 months of
> life, and I am sure that the rest just havn't shown their age yet.
>
> With a little practice on some old motherboards you can likely get to the
> point with soldering where it is worthwhile to fix these types of issues.
