Elliott, electrolytic and aluminum are one and same. It is the electrolyte that leaks from the caps. The story is an old one: stolen cap recipe that was poorly implemented.
Regards, Naftali On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 18:53, Elliott Price <[email protected]> wrote: > Just a few questions about replacing the capacitors in a G5 iMac. > 1. What type of capacitors should I get to replace them? Obviously, the > same voltage and model number, but if I remember, there's a couple different > kind; electrolyte, aluminum, and whatnot, and the dry kind are better? > 2. Should I replace just the bulging ones, or replace all of them? There > are 23, and only 5 are actually bulging; only one is actually leaking. I'm > leaning towards just replacing all of them, but it really depends on cost. > I'm just wondering if there's a good chance the others will go bad, or after > this long all the ones that are going to go bad already have? > Thanks, > > > -Elliott Price > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a > group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.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]<imaclist%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist > -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.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/imaclist
