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    Video card Capacitor question

    In the image below, you obviously have the + and - leads. What is the other lead close to the negative? Is it a problem if that lead gets bridged with the negative when re-capping?

    https://imgur.com/i5y8AGo


    BTW, I assume crap caps?... http://prntscr.com/i1txzi

    Last edited by jayjr1105; 01-17-2018, 01:00 PM.
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    Re: Video card Capacitor question

    I have never seen a cap with 3 leads. If you post a pic of the underside of the board it would help in answering your question.

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      #3
      Re: Video card Capacitor question

      Originally posted by Andrew F. Ali View Post
      I have never seen a cap with 3 leads. If you post a pic of the underside of the board it would help in answering your question.
      I'm not saying the cap has 3 leads. I'm wondering what that pad close to the negative is for? It appears to be common on older video cards to have that pad super close to the negative lead.
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        Re: Video card Capacitor question

        It's to accommodate caps with different lead spacing, 5mm or 7.5mm in this case would be my guess.
        "The one who says it cannot be done should never interrupt the one who is doing it."

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          #5
          Re: Video card Capacitor question

          Are you guessing at the lead spacing differences or the accommodation part?
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            Re: Video card Capacitor question

            Originally posted by per hansson View Post
            it's to accommodate caps with different lead spacing, 5mm or 7.5mm in this case would be my guess.
            +10000

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              #7
              Re: Video card Capacitor question

              I did confirm this with a continuity test. I guess if they bridge during a re-cap, it's no big deal.
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