5 Apr
2005
5 Apr
'05
12:07 p.m.
Flux cleaner may work, or just wash in distilled water.
Jim.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Adrian Vickers" <javickers at solutionengineers.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 6:01 AM
Subject: OT: Removing Electrolytic cap residue
A friend of mine has a problem with Electrolytic caps
on his motherboard
having gone "pop" & deposited their contents on some contacts...
Although this is a PeeCee (spit) that's affected, I thought I'd ask the
assembled knowledgeable types here, as it's also a problem which COULD
affect our Olde Worlde computers quite easily...
Quote
"Does anyone know how best to remove dried capacitor electrolyte from a
surface? I have tried a number of solvents, including Ultrsolve and Super
Servisol, but the stuff seems is set hard.
A couple of capacitors leaked on a motherboard and have dripped into one
of
the PCI slots. They are insulating some of the pins,
so the slot cannot be
used, but I need the slot. The capacitors were easily replaced (just
pennies and half an hour in front of the TV) but I'm really not sure how
to
clean those PCI slot contacts.
The electrolyte dries to a brown varnish-like film. There seem to be a
bunch of these exploded capacitors coming in from PCs manufactured around
2002 (I reckon the worldwide supply of dodgy caps from the 1999/2000
production were put in storage for a few years, then bought up by Packard
Bell and friends)."
Endquote
Thanks in advance, all.
Cheers,
Ade.