Re: [PLUG] OT: SMD capacitor

[gyoza@comcast.net]

Here are pictures of the capacitor.  
http://reddragoncanoeclub.org/paul/9600/

The card is just to show the location and relative size of the cap.  The 
only difference is that my cap is black and my board is green.  heh.

I was assuming the cap is tantalum.


Eric Hidle wrote:
> What package is the bad capacitor in and what chemistry was it? 
> Chances are it was a low-ESR polystyrene or aluminum-polymer cap, in 
> which case you do not want to replace it with just any off-the-shelf 
> tantalum or electrolytic capacitor. The DC-DC converters on video 
> cards are ultra-clean and depend upon a very low amount of resistance 
> in the output caps to minimize ripple.
>
> Was this thing a round tin can?
> E
>
> gyoza@comcast.net wrote:
> > Nevermind.  heh.  I will try the radial capacitor.  (I found 
> > #electronics on Freenode.net)
> >
> > gyoza@comcast.net wrote:
> > > I have a Radeon 9600 Pro video card with a bad surface mount 
> > > capacitor (C2).  I'm not sure of the value of it.  It's labeled "47" 
> > > and "16V" which I read as 47uF, 16V.  Does that sound correct?  It 
> > > is a black SMD capacitor with a white end to indicate polarity.  The 
> > > size is roughly 7mm x 3.5mm x 2mm.  I need to identify it enough to 
> > > replace it.  Would it be too wacky to use a huge radial capacitor to 
> > > replace it?
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