Pics of some of my troubled boards

[axlmastr]

IBM NetVista A40: has Chhsi all over it -except there are (4) 1500uF 6.3V that appear to be marked like Panasonics, but could be fakes. The new Pani's I have look more crisp in the lettering and the gold paint used on the (-) side looks more solid. Same vent and bung though. The old ones look like the paint was thinned. The Chhsi have the same appearance. This reminds me of some of the Ruby pics you guys posted.

Board material list:
1500uF 6.3V (4)
1200uF 10V (9)
470uF 10V (10)
68uF 16V (20)
10uF 25V (8)

Out of the (20) 68uF caps, I found two that were marked Rubycon -all others were Chhsi
Thanks kc8adu, willawake, AKOR, & MD Willington

[AK0R]

Re: Pics of some of my troubled boards

May I make a suggestion for the future? Don't put your boards on a piece of cloth for picture-taking or work. That's a great way to get a static discharge and *really* do some damage you can't see. A piece of aluminum foil (dull side up) works much better (keeps all the pins at the same potential). Also, if you use indirect lighting and turn off the flash on your camera, you won't get the washout that you see around the center of the picture.

[axlmastr]

Re: Pics of some of my troubled boards

@AKOR

Thanks AKOR. That is not a piece of cloth- it's my 3M anti-static mat on my service bench. I have a nice mat that covers my 6ft. steel service bench with laminated top. You know the type used in re-work centers? The whole bench is isolated and supplied with filtered and regulated power. It's really a nice setup. I do alot of boxes so the investment was worth it. Got it used from some satellite company that went back to Canada. Paid little since they didn't want to take it with them. I can run six machines at once on it with a bank of monitors and KVMs. I know the pics aren't great, but I wanted to snap some on my bench before re-work. The overhead flourescent on the bench is the culprit. It was about 0200 hrs. when I took them, so I wasn't up for screwing with the lighting and such. Sorry, hope it still is useful.

[AK0R]

Re: Pics of some of my troubled boards

Sounds like a great setup (lucky you!). I don't blame you; at 0200, I wouldn't feel like doing much of anything that didn't need to be done. You also answered the unspoken question: the fate of all those boards. Good luck with the recapping.