How To Make Full Use Of Your ESR Meter

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  • i4004
    Badcaps Legend
    • Oct 2006
    • 2029

    #1

    How To Make Full Use Of Your ESR Meter

    http://www.electronicrepairguide.com/esrmeter.html
  • bgavin
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    • Jan 2007
    • 1355

    #2
    Re: How To Make Full Use Of Your ESR Meter

    Thanks for the reference.

    This site is a heavily advertising-supported type. He has browser redirectors, etc, that pop up similar to the adult sites.

    You might consider using Sandboxie when browsing sites like this.
    www.sandboxie.com

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    • i4004
      Badcaps Legend
      • Oct 2006
      • 2029

      #3
      Re: How To Make Full Use Of Your ESR Meter

      dunno, i didn't click on any ads there...

      about sandbox; have you tried it on some users that easily get infected(ie 90% of all people..hehe)?

      would be good to know for one such person(better to say family) where clean install of xp last a godo one day...after that no amount pof cleaning can get it to original(fast) condition...

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      • bgavin
        Badcaps Legend
        • Jan 2007
        • 1355

        #4
        Re: How To Make Full Use Of Your ESR Meter

        I put Sandboxie in both client sites, and my own systems. I have my wife trained to use it for anything dangerous, i.e. MySpace, Facebook, etc.

        All my systems are built from FDISK/FORMAT with an unattended install CD slipstreamed with DriverPacks mass storage drivers. I have multiple CDs.. both Retail and OEM, for the various XP versions, so I can rebuild using the customer's existing serial number.

        I build all systems in stages, then GHOST the system. It gets very ugly when all that work is lost due to a crappy HP print driver, etc, and there is no image backup. Imaging is the only way to return to a 100% clean system.

        I partition into SYSTEM and DATA volumes. Systems that have Diag or Restore partitions (Dell, etc), I also image the entire partitioned disk with System and Data present, but empty. That way I have a disk image of the factory partitions for when the disk dies.

        I come back a year or two later for a trashed system and restore it from the image. I do all the Windows updates, then update the image for the next time. It is time consuming, but I charge by the hour.

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        • bgavin
          Badcaps Legend
          • Jan 2007
          • 1355

          #5
          Re: How To Make Full Use Of Your ESR Meter

          Sorry, that went way off-topic.

          I'm looking forward to building and using my new ESR kit that was recommended here. I have a Gateway/Intel board that I recapped that is DOA. One of the Rubycons is suspected as being bad, or reversed. Hopefully the ESR meter will show the way.

          Q: can the meter be used in-circuit, or do I have to unsolder all those nice Rubycon caps?

          I plan on using the ESR meter to verify every new cap BEFORE it goes into the board. Lesson learned on my part.

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          • willawake
            Super Modulator
            • Nov 2003
            • 8457
            • Greece

            #6
            Re: How To Make Full Use Of Your ESR Meter

            yeah it can be used in circuit. works fine.
            capacitor lab yachtmati techmati

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            • PCBONEZ
              Grumpy Old Fart
              • Aug 2005
              • 10661
              • USA

              #7
              Re: How To Make Full Use Of Your ESR Meter

              Works fine as long as caps aren't in parallel with other caps.

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              • bgavin
                Badcaps Legend
                • Jan 2007
                • 1355

                #8
                Re: How To Make Full Use Of Your ESR Meter

                In-circuit use is for typical VRM caps.

                Lesson learned: measure each cap before installing in the board.

                I am using all MCZ, but the Gateway board went DOA after recapping. VRM won't turn on, and just sings to me. I posted in depth in a different thread, etc, but can't pursue it further until the rainy season arrives and I have free time. I figure I have a reverse labeled cap, defective cap, etc.

                Hopefully the ESR meter will pick it out without having to remove all those new Rubycons.

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