Saving my Mac SE/30. My first foray into SMD work

[Ian Finder]

FWIW the NeXTcube has the same shoddy SMT can caps, but last time I gave it a peek to see if they were actually leaking, they were not- whereas all the cans in its contemporaries had spilled electrolyte.

Perhaps a different MFG or SKU of cap?

Pete, were yours actually leaking? Or just the same shoddy type?

> On Apr 26, 2015, at 20:02, Terry Stewart <terry at webweavers.co.nz> wrote:
> 
> Thanks Pete,
> 
> Did the NEXT cube have the same kind of issues with leaky barrel
> capacitors?
> 
> I'd also like to know if there was any PC equipment plagued in this way.
> Of was it just an Apple thing?
> 
> Terry (Tez)
> 
>> On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 2:46 PM, Pete Plank <nekonoko at mac.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>>> On Apr 26, 2015, at 7:07 PM, Terry Stewart <terry at webweavers.co.nz>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> For those that might be interested
>>> http://www.classic-computers.org.nz/blog/2015-04-28-recap-se30.htm
>>> 
>>> I guess a lot more classic computer enthusiasts will be doing SMD work
>> for
>>> repair in the future as "vintage computing" starts to encompasses
>> machines
>>> from the 1990s.
>>> 
>>> Terry (Tez)
>> 
>> Very nice! I recently recapped my NeXT Cube using the same type of
>> capacitors. Working great so far.
>> 
>> Pete