OTish - computer soak testing ...

Feb 18, 2019 Last reply: 7 years ago 25 Replies

As close as I could get.

The orginals were 680 uF 4 V 105 C. I replaced 'em with 680 uF 10 V

105C (description said Panasonic and low ESR) but ther's no panasonic branding on them.

electrolytics are such low tolerance anyway, it hardly matters.

Apple non-iOS HW has been Intel-based for yonks, they dropped PowerPC in the noughties.

You sure they weren't 40V and marked badly?

I thought that, you wouldn't want them on a 5V supply, they'd be OK on the newish standard of 3.3V that electronic stuff is using nowerdays.

electrolytics had

Absolutely sure. They were radila lead 8 mm dia 8 mm high.

Seven of them are around the CPU (Pentium 4, LGA775) on the outputs of seven 3.3 V to 1.5 V regulators. The processor lives off 1.5 V...

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