I was reading about that on slashdot. We have a constant stream of GX270s that I have to replace the caps on. It is a lot cheaper than buying new boards. A suggestion that I have that seems to work well. When soldering new caps on, also have a desoldering iron on hand. After you have soldered the new caps, trim the leads and then follow along each lead with the de-soldering iron. DONT squeeze the bulb, just heat up and melt the solder and move to the next. I have found that this will spread the solder better than just heating it alone and it takes the solder that is excess from the other leads and moves it to the leads that need more. I have gotten a perfect solder job every time on over 100 boards so far with this method.
On Jun 29, 2010, at 12:57 PM, John Callahan wrote: > People with capacitor problems may be interested in this article in The New > York Times. Link provided: > http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/29/technology/29dell.html?pagewanted=1&ref=general&src=me > > John Callahan > jcalla...@stny.rr.com > If there are no dogs in Heaven, when I die I want to go where they went. > --Will Rogers > extreme positive = (ybya2) > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group > for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette > guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com > To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
