Re: oh dear.. problems, please help (new to a soldering iron)

WOW, thanks to you guys there is now 1 more system brought back from the dead.

I really thought i'd bodged it up, but thanks to you guys it all went well!

THANK YOU!

Fantastic, i'm absolutely static i managed to do this, having never used a soldering iron before lol, thanks again.

Taz

Re: oh dear.. problems, please help (new to a soldering iron)

Hi willawake, thanks for the reply.

I did indeed use solder wick to remove th solder, that stuff is amazing

Also, thanks to a simiar thread by topcat, i bought a different capacitor (3300 uF) with 0.6 mm legs.

Thanks!
Taz

Hi guys, performing my first recapping together with my first ever stint at soldering, and, as you guessed, things could be going better

Could really use some help.

1) I bought some 2700 uF 6.3 volt caps for a shuttle FV25 mainboard, these are the only caps of this spec suppled by RS Electrical, unfortunately, the legs of the cap do not fit through the holes on the mainboard. RS do not supply any other 2700 uF cap, what should i do? Can I push the cap in as far as it will go and then seal the remaining hole with solder, very dirty i know, but would it work... and...

Re: Newbie about to recap a FV25 - HELP

Many thanks willawake, caps have been ordered.

Now... to learn how to solder

Thanks again,
Taz

Hi guys, i have a fudged Shuttle FV25 i would like to recap, however i am totally new to all this and have a few questions.

1) The caps on my mainboard do not match the ones in the kits given on this site.

The kit states:

3 x 4700uF 6.3v 12.5mm
3 x 3300uF 6.3v 10mm
5 x 1000uF 10v 8mm

My mainboard shows:

3 x [B]3900[/B]uF [B]10[/B]v 12.5mm
3 x [B]2700[/B]uF 6.3v 10mm
5 x 1000uF [B]6.3[/B]v 8mm

I have highlighted all the differences in bold, how sshould i procced, im inclinded...