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1155156 2010-11-22 20:07:00 Yeah they were pretty decent little things the RTA1320, but my old one overheated so much and so often that the plastic went a brown-ish color ... :p Chilling_Silence (9)
1155157 2010-11-22 23:13:00 I just pulled mine open and found that two of the capacitors (the 220uF 10v Ost) are starting to bulge slightly.

I guess it's time to attempt a replacement! - looks like it might be pretty easy too, hopefully...
Agent_24 (57)
1155158 2010-11-23 00:54:00 Pix? Chilling_Silence (9)
1155159 2010-11-23 01:14:00 Coming right up....

Kinda hard to tell, they are not bulging that much but if you've seen them before you'll know they're bad.

The two little ones at the front

I've uploaded to ImageF1 as well for higher resolution.

www.imagef1.net.nz
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Now just having fun finding a good replacement, the values are not in the datasheets... must be a custom job - typical!
Agent_24 (57)
1155160 2010-11-23 03:19:00 Ah well, I'd be keen to hear / see how you get on :) Chilling_Silence (9)
1155161 2010-11-23 03:36:00 Probably won't be for a week or so. The ones I'm looking at currently are all UK stock only. Agent_24 (57)
1155162 2010-11-24 21:25:00 I had put a heatsink on the cpu, replaced all 4 capacitors and put in another in the empty space on the PCB. I just checked, one of them has started bulging again.
Here is a pic before the bulging.

The thing is, I talked to an electrical engineer at my work, and said it was ok to replace the 25v 1000uf with 25v 470uf; he was pretty sure (given both 470uf and 1000uf were the same size), that the ones denoted 1000uf were NOT 1000uf.

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utopian201 (6245)
1155163 2010-11-24 22:19:00 I have some capacitors here - can probably supply what you want. rumpty (2863)
1155164 2010-11-24 22:46:00 I just checked, one of them has started bulging again.

Which one is bulging again? What brand\series is it?
Agent_24 (57)
1155165 2010-11-24 23:05:00 in the group of 5 on the left, it is the small black on the bottom right. Not in the picture since the picture was taken after the modding. utopian201 (6245)
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