quick question!

[dkperson]

ok my dad is asking how are the caps around the processor layed out?

[arneson]

Re: quick question!

You may tell Mr. Person that, that is the vaguest question possible.
I could answer, very well thank you, yours?

[dkperson]

Re: quick question!

ok lol im sorry btw im dk and yeah it dosnt make sense as for he dosnt make sense sometimes i know and im sorry..

what he is asking is how are the capacitors around the procesor layed out as in like (-,+) (+,-) thats what i think he means in english at least.. lol! the mother board is pentium if u need more info please say so!

[arneson]

Re: quick question!

If he is holding this board and examining the questionable caps, it should be clearly marked on a long stripe down the side = neg. for a large electrolytic.
If the cap has been removed the stencil layout on the board should show the polarity.
There are hundreds of pictures of caps here for the looking and motherboards as well.
If your dad is more than just curious then a multimeter is something everyone should have handy.Measure continuity to ground or voltage on the live caps.

[willawake]

Re: quick question!

if there is a row of many caps in a line then chances are they may be in parallel (so all the + are connected together and same with the -)

why does he want to know?

if they are in parallel you can put one double capacitance cap every other space instead if you like.

[dkperson]

Re: quick question!

yeah the are in a long line they all blew and he is recapping it like 5 or 6 blew and now we got caps to replace with but he is just making sure if they are the same way as other or diffrent thnx!

[willawake]

Re: quick question!

check the - stripe down the old caps
put the new caps the same way

[Topcat]

Re: quick question!

^^
A lot of boards are reverse marked. The white shaded side on some actually indicates the POSITIVE pole. Asus and Dell are bad about doing that, and if you're not careful, you'll install them backward. Like mentioned, note the stripe on the actual cap, and reinstall the same way.

[dkperson]

Re: quick question!

thnx guys finally gonna get my comp running thnx to this whole site!!

[tazwegion]

Re: quick question!

^^
A lot of boards are reverse marked. The white shaded side on some actually indicates the POSITIVE pole. Asus and Dell are bad about doing that, and if you're not careful, you'll install them backward. Like mentioned, note the stripe on the actual cap, and reinstall the same way.

Yeah, I've experienced that before too, on some propriety IBM Netvista board IIRC