Re: Capacitor markings

I cant post a picture right now but will try get some up later

I tested with the multi meter measuring in ohm's - [url]http://www.repairfaq.org/sam/captest.htm[/url]

after testin the cap now out of the board my results differ form what they were when the cap was in the board.

2 undamaged caps on the board went to zero and then moved up to 1 when tested in revers polarity.

the bad cap jumped straight to what I believe is called infinity. and stayed there in revers polarity.

After testing...

Re: Capacitor markings

Just after taking a second look at the casing and its possible there was something spilled on the laptop, I'm guessing this could have then caused the damage to the cap?

It is likely the mobo could be completely useless now, but if there was something spilled on the laptop it did work for a period after, so I will continue with my repair attempt and hope that it was just the cap that was damaged.

Re: Capacitor markings

I was having intermittent power problems with the laptop and then it just wouldn't turn on and didn't seem to be charging.

At first I thought it was a bad DC jack as there was an electric sound coming form the DC jack when moved. (the jack seems to damaged also and is being replaced)

I took the board out of the casing and found a brown crusty substance on the casing and the board, at first I thought my friend had spilled coke or something similar on the board. but after some research online I discovered this could be a bad cap...

I hope I have posted this in the right section.

I am replacing a bad cap on a advent 9115 mobo,this is my first cap replacement.
I have removed the cap from the board and I'm going about the process of sourcing a new one.

My problem is that the cap I'm replacing is an OSCON and after doing some research I have come to the conclusion that to replace this cap with anything other than an OSCON cap would be a mistake.

Radionics is the only place locally that supply caps, and do not supply the one I need. although I did find a different cap with the...