At 15:26 +0200 10/9/10, Nico Vanden Eynde wrote: >I have just replaced all the radial and axil capacitors on the Analog board. > >After removal I checked them with a capacitance meter: they were all within >specs + none of them were shorted/open or were leaking fluid. >The old one's all looked like new. > >It's weird that the board is working well again now given I was unable to >find a bad capacitor...
Cracked or otherwise bad solder joints have been my absolutely most common repair job since the very first printed circuit boards replaced tube sockets and hand soldering. In the case of mixed digital and analog - such as Apple's analog boards - I really think that the reflow or wave based bulk soldering process gets adjusted for a temperature that won't damage the smallest parts. That leaves the big parts cold-soldered. -- --> The best programming tool is a soldering iron <-- -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
