Re: MacBook Air 820-3209-A Missing (3) AGX 22uF Decoupling Capacitors

Awesome! Thank you for your reply, as well. I appreciate you taking your time to help me. I'll go check out Aliexpress now.

Re: MacBook Air 820-3209-A Missing (3) AGX 22uF Decoupling Capacitors

Thank you for your extremely fast response to my post/inquiry and for recommending Arrow as a SMD parts supplier! As you said, they don't charge a cut tape fee, and their shipping charges are only $6. I will use Arrow for now on in lieu of Mouser and Digikey.

However, Arrow noted they had a possible 5-day lag time in shipping due to high volume so I opted to go with a capacitor bundle from Amazon (almost 3,000 caps for $20 + tax) with delivery tomorrow. I have the options of stacking 2 x 10uF 0402...

Hi Everyone,

I have a MacBook Air I've repaired, a mid-2012 13-inch 820-3209-A. It works. My only concern is that it is still missing (3) 22uF (0402 4V 20%) VAGX decoupling capacitors. Specifically, capacitors C1730, C1731, and C1732.

How necessary are these capacitors? It has (11) 22uF to begin with; missing (3), my board now only has (8).

I've been having difficulty sourcing new replacement capacitors without paying too much. Does anybody have any vendors state-side to recommend? Mouser charges parts + $8 shipping + $7 cutting fee (unless I buy an...

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Hello from the United States. My name is Cory and I do data recovery, electronics repair, and Linux system administration. Thank you to everyone in advance for your help!