How to determine the value of an SMD Capacitor?

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  • mrkmpn
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    • Apr 2022
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    How to determine the value of an SMD Capacitor?

    I have a motherboard with at least one blown capacitor. I found a boardview for the motherboard and installed open boardview hoping that might have the information I'm looking for, but if it does contain the information, I can't figure out how to view it.
  • Erico1
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    • May 2022
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    Re: How to determine the value of an SMD Capacitor?

    Locate the PDF schematic of the motherboard. That is where the values can be found. If it were not blown, then using an LCR meter on the capacitor after removal from the board would yield the value.
    Last edited by Erico1; 05-10-2022, 03:03 PM. Reason: added information

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