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.


Reply via email to