beels wrote: > Well, philippe, I think you have inspired me to re-cap board. Thanks so > much for the part numbers! It would've taken me a long time to get all > the part numbers, and I might have made errors. I went through your > list and noticed that you didn't mention the 2 through-hole caps. Do > you replace those as well? I think I will go ahead and replace those > while I have everything apart. > > I have never done any SMT soldering before, but these are pretty large > components, so I believe I can do it. I have a good solder station. It > will take me longer than an hour though. You must be very proficient. > > Do you think I will be OK to use 63/37 leaded solder, or do I need to > use lead-free? > > I'm still a little concerned about the Q2 transistor. Are you able to > please tell me some test values for that component?
- I did not replace the thru-hole capacitors - You can remove the capacitors using this method https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8N9O3a9jiM - I've used that everytime and the tracks on the SB3 motherboard are strong enough. Just maintain the top of the capacitor while you twist it to not rock it - I use 63/37paste and a fine tip for my solder iron, hot (300C) - Put a bit of solder paste on each pad, maintain gently the capacitor with one finger on the top and solder one pad - the other pade is easy to solder and you can potentially use flux to redo/improve the first pad - when you're done with all of them, clean the flux with 99% alcool I'll try to open one of my SB and measure the Q2 (unless Jo has some advice here) LMS 7.7, 7.8 and 7.9 - 5xRadio, 3xBoom, 4xDuet, 1xTouch, 1 SB2. Sonos PLAY:3, PLAY:5, Marantz NR1603, JBL OnBeat, XBoxOne, XBMC, Foobar2000, ShairPortW, JRiver 21, 2xChromecast Audio, Chromecast v1 and v2, , Pi B3, B2, Pi B+, 2xPi A+, Odroid-C1, Odroid-C2, Cubie2, Yamaha WX-010, AppleTV 4, Airport Express, GGMM E5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ philippe_44's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103213 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
