Frankly, consider it lucky that's it's a comparable easy to fix
problem. Broken ICs that aren't made anymore are much more difficult
to replace, as would be SMD parts.
On Jun 26, 9:17 pm, Doug McNutt dougl...@macnauchtan.com wrote:
At 14:15 -0400 6/26/11, Wesley Furr wrote:
How do you manage
On Jun 25, 7:28 am, Wesley Furr wes...@megley.com wrote:
GroanLOL!
Do they tend to leak due to use (heat) and age, or is just being old enough
for them to crap out? I've got a little collection of old computers, just
wondering if they are likely failing even though they are just
On Jun 25, 4:42 am, Gregg Eshelman g_ala...@yahoo.com wrote:
--- On Fri, 6/24/11, Duncan Mac Dougall dma...@gmail.com wrote:
Sounds like cap rot. The SMT electrolytic capacitors used in just
about anything electronic from the late 80s-mid 90s are at
the end of their lifespan. They will
I seem to have a problem identifying different types of capacitors. The ones
I'm currently trying to find replacements for are surface mount caps that
look like tiny metal cans sitting on a black insulator with pads on the
sides. I guess those are tantalums?
But yeah I've replaced the normal
On Jun 26, 1:15 pm, Wesley Furr wes...@megley.com wrote:
How do you manage to replace those puny little surface-mount jobbies though?
Through-the-board electrolytics aren't a problem, I've done a number of them
over the years...
There are two types of surface mount capacitor on the boards.
At 14:16 -0400 6/27/11, Britt Dodd wrote:
I seem to have a problem identifying different types of capacitors. The ones
I'm currently trying to find replacements for are surface mount caps that look
like tiny metal cans sitting on a black insulator with pads on the sides. I
guess those are
Most definitely...had that happen to an old Tandy PC of mine...a neat old
286...wow...yuck. I really need to pull it out and try to do something to
at least stop the damage from getting any worse. Probably no hope of it
ever running again though... :-( So yes...take a few minutes and pull
Great info...thanks!!
Wesley
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The easiest way to remove them is to get two soldering pencils and apply one
to each lead on the cap until the solder is fully melted and the capacitor
will lift up without applying any substantial force.
Getting impatient and forcing
Yup, PC mainboards get hit by it too. Google for capacitor plague.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague
--- On Sat, 6/25/11, Wesley Furr wes...@megley.com wrote:
GroanLOL!
Do they tend to leak due to use (heat) and age, or is just
being old enough
for them to crap out? I've
The issue you link to is a more modern issue...not to mention I don't
recall seeing capacitors as large as the problem ones in older 80's to early
90's hardware. I believe the comment was about the little surface mount
capacitors rather than the big radial electrolytic ones that have caused so
They all go bad after a long lifetime. The plaugue happened when I was
working at a computer repair shop. I went from seeing very few problems
caused by capacitors to resoldering caps and replacing motherboards almost
daily. The formula messup might have been bad for consumers, but it
certainly
Ugh...that doesn't bode well! I guess emulation will be the way to use
our vintage computers in the future...
Wesley
_
They all go bad after a long lifetime. The plaugue happened when I was
working at a computer repair shop. I went from seeing very few problems
caused by capacitors
On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Wesley Furr wes...@megley.com wrote:
Ugh...that doesn't bode well! I guess emulation will be the way to use
our vintage computers in the future...
snip
Or, the vintage Mac community will have to become more like the
vintage Amiga and Atari communities, and
Actually, it's not that hard to replace the capacitors. It could be easily done
with two hours work at the most.
Eric
--- On Sun, 6/26/11, Wesley Furr wes...@megley.com wrote:
From: Wesley Furr wes...@megley.com
Subject: RE: Strange Sound after Startup Chime (Dying Capacitors)
To: vintage
How do you manage to replace those puny little surface-mount jobbies though?
Through-the-board electrolytics aren't a problem, I've done a number of them
over the years...
Wesley
_
Actually, it's not that hard to replace the capacitors. It could be easily
done with two hours work at
At 14:15 -0400 6/26/11, Wesley Furr wrote:
How do you manage to replace those puny little surface-mount jobbies though?
Through-the-board electrolytics aren't a problem, I've done a number of them
over the years...
Think about replacing the beasts with tantalum equivalents.
Essentially all
Sounds like cap rot. The SMT electrolytic capacitors used in just
about anything electronic from the late 80s-mid 90s are at the end of
their lifespan. They will leak, causing the machine to malfunction at
best and corrode the motherboard at worst. Sometimes you can see or
smell the leaky residue
--- On Fri, 6/24/11, Duncan Mac Dougall dma...@gmail.com wrote:
Sounds like cap rot. The SMT electrolytic capacitors used in just
about anything electronic from the late 80s-mid 90s are at
the end of their lifespan. They will leak, causing the machine to
malfunction at best and corrode the
GroanLOL!
Do they tend to leak due to use (heat) and age, or is just being old enough
for them to crap out? I've got a little collection of old computers, just
wondering if they are likely failing even though they are just sitting
around 99.99% of the time (or more). Has
I have to work with vintage Macs on a daily basis, and I've hear the
car crash noise, the breaking glass noise, and the chimes of doom.
I've never heard the video game-like major chord sound that I heard
today.
I have IIci that has decided to start behaving badly. When I powered
it on, I got the
At 6:46 AM -0700 6/24/2011, Iamanamma wrote:
I have IIci that has decided to start behaving badly. When I powered
it on, I got the normal startup chime followed immediately by a four
note major chord. There wasn't even time between the two sounds to
reset the PRAM.
The main bong means that
Does the machine work without the cache card?
Dan, I don't know. I didn't try.
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