On 6/17/07, Wit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ANIRUDH VIJ wrote: > > """""""" > > Unless you know the circuit type (LC, RC, ...), its expected input and > > output, you are risking havoc by changing the value of *any* of the > > components in the circuit. IIRC, by changing the the capacitor to a > > higher voltage rating, you have altered (possibly) at least two things > > (assuming the circuit is more than a simple power conditioning circuit) > > that may be critical. > > """"" > > The critical thing here is "value of component",not the voltage rating.I > > completely agree that > > changing the capacitors's value from 2200uf to something else may have > > caused havoc,but > > increasiing its voltage rating can only be a good thing.It only means that > > the chances of a capacitor > > exploding are lesser :) > > If i correctly understood the previous post,the voltage rating increased > > while the value remained the > > same,so the capacitor itself should not be the source of the problem. > > > <snip> > > Thanks for that Anirudh. I hope it saves him some unneeded work. Based > on your sig below, might you have some other useful suggestions for him? > As I said, I really don't know a lot about this stuff. >
Yes, saves some time.. :) But I still think I'm gonna replace it, doesn't seem too good that it's that hot ...Do you have any explanation for it anirudh? Also, I heard that it doesn't matter if one capacitor fails on a motherboard, because there are enough to keep the system running. Is that true? Tijnema -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
