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I didn't need to investigate when i open the computer it was obvious the first thing i saw...... Three bad capacitors.. 6.3V 1800µF

So i removed the motherboard and now is the question.. do i have spare parts at home.

Enjoy the disaster. *lol*

Hopefully they didn't take any other components with them. Good luck.

Caledon Ken said:

Hopefully they didn't take any other components with them. Good luck.

Thanks

with visual inspection, it looks good.. I'm going to measure the "surroundings" when i have removed the capacitors.. I have the soldiering iron on warmup now.. I did not have the same capacitors at home.. so it will be 2200 instead of 1800.. but that should not be a problem as its just over 1800.
If it works i will post a happy end photo.. if not.. I'm going to have a cup of coffee and start thinking of what computer to replace it with as my dear TV-computer is of high priority. *LOL*

Marie SWE said:

Thanks

with visual inspection, it looks good.. I'm going to measure the "surroundings" when i have removed the capacitors.. I have the soldiering iron on warmup now.. I did not have the same capacitors at home.. so it will be 2200 instead of 1800.. but that should not be a problem as its just over 1800.
If it works i will post a happy end photo.. if not.. I'm going to have a cup of coffee and start thinking of what computer to replace it with as my dear TV-computer is of high priority. *LOL*

Be warned it is risky to unsolder the caps due to the multilayer board it is better to solder to the old leads without taking out the old component by taking the cap apart to get to the leads from the top.

labeeman said:

Be warned it is risky to unsolder the caps due to the multilayer board it is better to solder to the old leads without taking out the old component by taking the cap apart to get to the leads from the top.

I always unsolder them.. High temperature and short "touch-time" or how to say it is the best approach.
Edit: I heat up both legs at the same time when i pull the capacitor, that way it becomes a very short heating that dont spread in the layers.

This was the result and the computer passed the tests and has now been running a movie for 43minutes.. So it seems as i dont have to watch regular broadcast TV tonight.

Marie SWE said:

I always unsolder them.. High temperature and short "touch-time" or how to say it is the best approach.
Edit: I heat up both legs at the same time when i pull the capacitor, that way it becomes a very short heating that dont spread in the layers.

This was the result and the computer passed the tests and has now been running a movie for 43minutes.. So it seems as i dont have to watch regular broadcast TV tonight.

Marie SWE said:

I always unsolder them.. High temperature and short "touch-time" or how to say it is the best approach.
Edit: I heat up both legs at the same time when i pull the capacitor, that way it becomes a very short heating that dont spread in the layers.

This was the result and the computer passed the tests and has now been running a movie for 43minutes.. So it seems as i dont have to watch regular broadcast TV tonight.

congratulations Marie.

labeeman said:

Bree said:

congratulations Marie.

Thanks and thanks

It still running in the background here in my computer room.. so after 2hours it feels like i can put the lid back on and put it back into my living room.

Good morning, to all.

Wishing everyone, a nice safe Thursday.