28 Aug
2019
28 Aug
'19
2:47 p.m.
Hello all,
S100 based computers have the same problem. I have had the caps in
the PS and on the individual boards go boom. Common failure mode for
electrolytics and tantalums.
GOD Bless,
rich!
On 8/28/2019 3:10 AM, Peter Corlett via cctalk wrote:
On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 07:07:21PM +1000, Guy Dunphy
via cctalk wrote:
[...]
RIFA caps may be the most hated components in
electronics. Even worse than dipped
tantalums, popped electrolytics, and decaying urethane foam.
Amiga collectors
would say "batteries", since Commodore selected a brand of
rechargable cells which leaked board-eating acid. This also affected the Acorn
Archimedes, but only posh kids had those.