I'm quite certain it's leaking. The top is clearly bulging, no longer flat, and along one of these "lines" this brownish goop is oozing out and hardening. I've seen that before on two unstable m/b and after replacing those capacitors, things are happily running again :-)
These 6.3V motherboard capacitors seem to be chronic short supply in Calgary: B&E, MRO and Active all need to special order them. Thanks for your input, Hendrik Robert Fuller wrote: > You can combine your 1000uF and 1200uF in parallel: > + _____________ > | + | + > == 1200uF == 1000uF > - __|___________| > > to get your 2200uF. Wow ... horrible asci drawing! > > > Just watch your voltage to be sure it is 6.3 volts or higher. The temp might > be critical too if it is in the power supply area. Lots of ripple = heat! And > above all watch the polarity. Usually the minus is what is labelled on the > side of those can style caps. > Curious that it is leaking though. You sure it isn't soem sort of glue or > silicone or wax or something that is holding it down? They might do that > during manufacture so it doesn't tip while getting soldered. > Another possibility if the colour of the cap is red, is that it is a special > low resistance type such that ripple causes less heat. > Hope all this helps some. > > > Robert. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Hendrik Schaink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Friday, March 7, 2008 1:33 pm > Subject: [clug-talk] Capacitor question > To: CLUG General <[email protected]> > >> One of the capacitors on a motherboard is leaking so I'm trying to >> replace it. It's 6.3V 2200uF radial capacitor, 105C. Does anyone >> have a >> new one of these specs for sale? >> >> Alternatively: Could I combine some of my spare capacitors of 1000uF, >> 1200uF and 1500uF in some way (like resistors) to act like a 2200uF >> capacitor? _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
