12 Jan
2022
12 Jan
'22
7:13 p.m.
On Wed, 12 Jan 2022, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote:
They do look like tantalum caps to me, e.g.:
<https://www.mouser.co.uk/ProductDetail/74-595D106X9025C2T>
The pointed end indicates polarity.
Maciej
Thanks Jon.
Here is a badly focused picture of the suspect components:
http://www.beyondthepale.ie/cctech/p1010198.jpg
WOW, I don't know what those are!? They look like big ceramic caps to me, but
if they don't have any polarity marking, then they can't be Tantalum.? Big
multilayer ceramics are prone to cracking due to board flexing, and that can
cause catastrophic failure, too. 