I think it would be very useful a little table summarising pros and cons of each capacitor type, with specific orientation to the usage on vintage Macs.
G On Jul 15, 2013, at 17:12, Jeff Walther <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Sunday, July 14, 2013 9:03:38 AM UTC-5, The Old Geek wrote: > And that puts that issue to bed well. Shorting isn't a good characteristic > for a component to fail by. Good info. > > Jeff > > Oh, please, gather a little more reliable information before concluding. > > Have you ever seen a IIfx with shorted capacitors? Most of the IIfxs were > built with tantalums instead of electrolytics. The only IIfxs which have > died of capacitor death are the few with electrolytics installed. Tens of > thousands of logic boards have died from corrosive goo leaked out of > electrolytic capacitors. This is why tantalums are preferred. > > 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 subscribed to a topic in the Google > Groups "Vintage Macs" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/vintage-macs/eKZdWKOMSPs/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- -- ----- 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 subscribed to the Google Groups "Vintage Macs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
