Will this recap work ?

[ReeceyBurger123]

Re: Will this recap work ?

I just read the whole thread. Seems like someone went to a lot of trouble to do a half-assed job? Did the one blocked lead whole cause the whole situation? I got the wrong caps part, and I don't really understand how a broken lead in the pc board is a permanent situation (desoldering iron?), but I still don't understand why they are setting those caps high off the motherboard like that as it seems to me that it would have been easier to solder them all the correct way on the back-side of the board, so at this point after reading the thread I'm "wtf?" and would appreciate a forensic analysis of how this motherboard came to this condition.

Let me rephrase this entire thread for you, I purchased an Ibm Eserver off eBay and when I was inspecting the motherboard I seen that there was some floating capacitors that were soldered on to the copper traces above the surface of the motherboard indicating that someone had previously attempted a repair but didn't have the correct equipment and wasn't able to fully remove the old capacitors or clean the solder in though hole where the capacitor leads go through. I started this thread with the advocacy to find out will this bodge repair job affect the performance of the motherboard, I was going to replace them all and solder new capacitors in anyway but I was wandering will such a repair work. The reason why I had to keep the one capacitor in the top left hand corner floating was because the person who attempted the repair I am guessing cut the original capacitor off the motherboard leaving its lead in the though hole because they couldn't melt the solder to remove the old capacitor, apart from that I was able to replace and properly solder all the other capacitors in, just the one I had to leave floating because there is a lead stuck in there and removing would have ripped the trace off the motherboard therefor ruining it. I have uploaded pictures of my repair work just above your post in them you can see that all off them are now soldered in properly apart from the one that has the lead stuck in there, the motherboard works perfectly fine.

[Agent24]

Re: Will this recap work ?

Yeah, but the only bit that doesn't make sense is why you couldn't desolder the lead he left?

If you were able to desolder all the other capacitors I don't see why there should be any reason to rip a trace if you desolder it properly, unless the previous work on that particular capacitor was done very badly.

[ReeceyBurger123]

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Yeah, but the only bit that doesn't make sense is why you couldn't desolder the lead he left?

If you were able to desolder all the other capacitors I don't see why there should be any reason to rip a trace if you desolder it properly, unless the previous work on that particular capacitor was done very badly.

Because when the capacitor was cut off the lead was bent outwards and made wider im guessing due to the cutters being blunt. I have tried melting the solder and sucking it though, Ive tried using the hot air gun then pushing a small lead though but its completely blocked and from the other side the trace is slightly lifting off the board and will break off if I keep on trying to clean that hole and I dont want to ruin the board so I have kept that one capacitor floating as the others said its fine to solder it above the board.

[Agent24]

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Ah, I get it now. Yeah it's a pity when someone else does shoddy work.. still, like you say, I'm sure your repair is perfectly fine and will work for a long time

[ReeceyBurger123]

Re: Will this recap work ?

Ah, I get it now. Yeah it's a pity when someone else does shoddy work.. still, like you say, I'm sure your repair is perfectly fine and will work for a long time

Thank you, it is a shame when someone messes up a repair but theres nothing I can do at this point just have to live with