Note to self: I was watching EEVblog #378 – Dumpster Diving Teardown Repair and EEVblog #763 – Dumpster Plasma TV Bad Cap Repair and Dave Jones says Nichicon make high quality capacitors. Apparently Panasonic, Nippon Chemi-Con, Rubycon, and Cornell Dubilier are also good.
I was watching PART 3 : All You Need To Know About SMD Capacitor Markings Codes To Fix Stuff and I discovered this web page for capacitor markings and codes.
This post is part of my video blog: In The Lab With Jay Jay.
In this video I demo my new ALKOY Capacitor Discharge Pen.
The bench multimeter I use in this video is my OWON XDM1041 and the bench power supply is my RIDEN RD6006.
The demo circuit used a 1KΩ 1/4W resistor, a 25V 330μF electrolytic capacitor, and an 18V supply.
Have been researching Xbox DVD capacitors.
So I got myself some of these Speedy Bend – Resistor Lead Forming Tools. There’s a video on YouTube about how to use them: ProbeMaster Speedy Bends: Axial Lead Forming Tools.
Today I watched PSA: Your Original Xbox may be ROTTING AWAY right now… which explained how to remove the PowerStor Aerogel cap from an OGXbox. These capacitors are known to leak and cause corrosion. Indeed when I popped the motherboard out of my console the PowerStor had pissed itself all over the board. So I desoldered it and took it out and cleaned up its mess with a liberal application of isopropyl. I was thinking I’d replace it with a new component but I found this which basically said it’s cheaper and more reliable to just leave it out. So up next is replacing the 3000uF 6.3V caps next to the CPU, I’ve ordered a bunch of these ones, which I hope will do the trick!
Below you can see the dead cap. It’s a bit blurry but you can see the corrosion. I’m gonna start a collection!
