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Miscellaneous => The Lounge => Topic started by: choasforages on 19 February 2003, 08:53
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i lost another mb to capaceters, so once again ill have to go down to radioshack and pick up a new cap and play with the soldering iron. by any chance are their capaceters that don't leak? ive heard of tantulem/*sp?*/ but i hear they fail with a bang
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It's "tantalum." I have read that tantalum capacitors are better for motherboard applications, but I'm not sure why.
[ February 19, 2003: Message edited by: M. O'Brien ]
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i can almost see that being the next big "mod", taking all the electroletics off and replacing them. and i have heard the same about tantalum caps. does anybody know why they would be better? and where i could buy some?/*radioshack has a few, but not the assortment i would need.*/
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This was a big issue...it was on slashdot a while back. Go check them out, they have a long list of mobo and comp manufacturers that used bad resistors.
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I think those caps dont leak as much (it would be impossible to have one not leak i think) and they last longer (i think).
I have never had cap problems on anything new however.
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i can almost see that being the next big "mod", taking all the electroletics off and replacing them. and i have heard the same about tantalum caps. does anybody know why they would be better? and where i could buy some?/*radioshack has a few, but not the assortment i would need.*/
Tantalums have much lower internal inductance. This makes them better suited for use in high frequency circuits.
You might want to try Mouser Electronics (http://www.mouser.com).
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