Yes, I know. As others have told me - I've ended up replacing caps that were fine - at the risk of screwing the board up completely. Just wondering if anyone has the knowledge to tell me which ones specifically are part of the power on circuit. System runs brilliantly other than that.
On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 10:44 AM, Jeff Walther <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Oct 1, 8:37 pm, GuyWithGuitars <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Question in short, certainly there's go to be bad caps that control > > the power-on situation too - if the audio caps make the audio fail, > > which ones make the power-on circuit fail? > > As others have told you more than once, if you're going to replace any > of the caps, you may as well replace them all. Leaving any of the old > caps on there is just asking for a ruined logic board in the future. > > IIRC, the four 47uF caps under the power supply have to do with the > power-on circuit, but that memory is about fifteen years old. > > Jeff Walther > > -- > ----- > You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs > group. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.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/vintage-macs > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ > -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.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/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
