Re: Any tips for my first recapping? (iMac G5)

Ok, update: The repair guy managed to get the computer to boot and it seems very stable now, except for the fact that there's no backlight! Yes, there's image on the screen, but no backlight comes up. What are the chances of it being the inverter instead of the actual backlight or maybe even the logic board?
At least I can VNC into it now.
Thanks!

Re: Any tips for my first recapping? (iMac G5)

Well, at the end I decided it would be cheaper to get somebody with the proper tools and more experience to replace them, and so he did… strangely enough, it behaves exactly the same as before?
That is, the white light comes on, nothing appears on the screen, the light stays on, and after a little while the fans come on at full speed. The third led never comes on either. What's the deal now?

Re: Any tips for my first recapping? (iMac G5)

Thanks for the replies!

theOracle: Could a cheaper 60W iron like this do the job? One like that is easier to find for me......

So, I finally decided on that I wouldn't lose a lot if I tried to recap this 17" Rev. B iMac G5 with a logic board full of blown capacitors... I've had it on storage for around 3 years now since it was given to me, and maybe I should fix it. Why? Because I now have a working G5* which I love and works just perfect in 2013, I have thought up a couple good uses for this to-be-fixed machine. I originally had bought a recapped board from eBay but it somehow turned out to be DOA (it looks completely fine with a good soldering job yet the 2nd LED won't even flash (long story short, seller got defensive,...

Re: The GOOD Capacitors Thread!!

So I just received the working iMac and checked its insides... all the capacitors seem to be Rubycon MCZs with K tops, there isn't any bulging at all and the computer definitely works good. It's an ALS model and it seems to have been AHT tested back on 2006. It looks like it has been used since the insides were very dusty and it has some marks outside. Am I exempt of the cap plague or not?

Thanks.

Re: The GOOD Capacitors Thread!!

Whoops, sorry for double posting, the failing ones are KZJ. It is Chemi-Con, isn't it?
It also has MCZ Rubycons which haven't failed.
Are these three letters a good way of knowing if the capacitor is bad?
Is there any list with the bad cap series to avoid?

Re: The GOOD Capacitors Thread!!

Hello everyone! I have a question which might be somewhat stupid, also I hope this is the appropriate place to ask: how do you know which capacitors are good or bad?

I see everyone here says Rubycon is a good brand but I have an iMac G5 with 12 inflated Rubycon capacitors, so I guess it only applies to older batches? How would you know just by looking if a certain capacitor is going to fail? I'm about to buy this working G5 and the capacitors seem fine, but maybe it's just luck that they've never bulged? The owner does not know if they...