4 Jun
2001
4 Jun
'01
9:07 a.m.
--- Sellam Ismail <foo(a)siconic.com> wrote:
That all depends. I saw a COMBOARD come back from a customer site that
had a tantalum cap blow - there was a 5mm ragged hole in the 6-layer board
and I was told that the DEC boards on either side were damaged badly enough
to need replacement.
Glad I wasn't looking inside the BA-11 when it went off!
-ethan
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On Mon, 4 Jun 2001, Edwin P. Groot wrote:
> Well, I plugged in the boards and powered up the computer, and
> promptly powered it down after a few loud pops - D'Oh!
Wahoo!
...some
tantalum capacitors blew.
I had this experience before with a Sol-20. Aside from being loud and
smelly, the tantalum caps exploding really shouldn't hinder the operation
of the system.