Well I've been upgrading some original xbox consoles with new sata drives.
I bought a dozen of these sata adaptors from china...
The good news is that they are cheap and compatible with the console.
Bad news is that the human side of the manufacturing of these adaptors are quiet poor.
Alotta of the solder on the pins look very dry so I usually fix it up..
The two caps on the board are 470uf 25v (8x16mm) "Chong" branded cheap chinese crap.
I've been using GP caps from a local electronic store but they overcharge too much.
So I've been looking for a better alternative...
At the moment I've been contemplating between:
Rubycon FLJ 470uf 25v (8*16mm), or
Nichicon HE 470uf 25v (8*20mm)
I havnt chosen these caps for any particular reason other than physical size and availability.
I'm interested in other peoples thoughts...
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