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Replacing motherboard capacitors
Just tried powering up an old (386) PC, and was greeted with an acrid
smell and a puff of smoke; one of the motherboard capacitors had blown. I'd like to try replacing it, but my main concern is: what rating should I buy as a replacement? The surviving originals are all marked "10+ 16J". -- John Elliott |
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Replacing motherboard capacitors
wrote in message oups.com... Just tried powering up an old (386) PC, and was greeted with an acrid smell and a puff of smoke; one of the motherboard capacitors had blown. I'd like to try replacing it, but my main concern is: what rating should I buy as a replacement? The surviving originals are all marked "10+ 16J". 10 microfarads @ 16 volts (just a guess). |
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Replacing motherboard capacitors
they are tantalium caps, replace with another tantalium.
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Replacing motherboard capacitors
"inty's world" wrote in message oups.com... they are tantalium caps, replace with another tantalium. I'd replace them with electrolytics unless there's very good reason why tants are essential. As they smoked I'd assume they're across the supply, ie filter caps, so as long as they physically fit, electrolytics are a reasonable choice for replacement. Tantalum caps have very high failure rates, and worse still they often fail short circuit. I never use them unless I have to. Dave |
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Replacing motherboard capacitors
wrote in message oups.com... Just tried powering up an old (386) PC, and was greeted with an acrid smell and a puff of smoke; one of the motherboard capacitors had blown. I'd like to try replacing it, but my main concern is: what rating should I buy as a replacement? The surviving originals are all marked "10+ 16J". -- John Elliott The last PC I had do that - the PSU regulation had failed! |
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Replacing motherboard capacitors
On 29 Mar 2006 12:42:04 -0800, "
wrote: Just tried powering up an old (386) PC, and was greeted with an acrid smell and a puff of smoke; one of the motherboard capacitors had blown. I'd like to try replacing it, but my main concern is: what rating should I buy as a replacement? The surviving originals are all marked "10+ 16J". That's a 10 uF 16 volt tantalum cap. They tend to be very reliable, but when they do fail, they short and smoke. A tantalum cap would be best, but any decent 10 uF 16 v cap should work in that application. There's no need to replace any other caps if only one failed. This isn't like the more recent motherboard that were made with dozens of defective caps. As a quick test, you can try removing the cap. Chances are the PC will at least POST without it. When you replace it, note that the stripe on a tantalum cap identifies the positive side, but most other caps have the stripe on the negative side. Andy Cuffe |
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