So, I lifted a pad on my LC III - my pride and joy. Can anyone tell me where and how to run the trace wire to get it sorted? See the photo for the problem location. The cap should be a 10uF 16V, which I was just about to lay down...
Advice requested - lifted pad during LC III recap
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Perfect. A sound solution. I'll grab some trace wire now that I'm running errands, but I prefer your method. Thanks for the swift response. I'm assuming that's 'scratch' the mask off, which is pretty easy considering some is already gone!
Okay. It is NOT pretty, but the computer seems to be functioning just fine. My 10uF 16V capacitors are clearly too large. If I had screwed one of these capacitors up, would I be able to tell immediately? Are there any good system stress tests for Mac OS 7.6.1?
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Excellent. So, I guess I can stop worrying about it. Though I'm a bit of an obsessive. Now when I look at my LC III case, I see twisted, overly soldered caps as if they were ticking time bombs. *sigh*
Lol. Someone is definitely OCD. if so, the next thing to worry about is the power supply capacitors
Techknight, you're not wrong! That said, my power supply is a Dyna Comp Inc., which Uniserver and I discussed tend to have a decently long shelf life compared to the TDKs, etc. I'll get to that at some point. When I removed the old caps from the mobo, though, there was a significant amount of gunk.
Scutboy, thanks for the helpful outlook. My 'signature' could use some refinement!!
Scutboy, thanks for the helpful outlook. My 'signature' could use some refinement!!
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There's certainly a beauty to what's on display there! If those are ceramic caps, they look rather friendly in the positions they've taken. Not a lifted pad in sight and I dare say the soldering is rather clean!!
And regarding that tantalum video: *shudders* - *steps slowly away from Mac LC III* :O
Oooo, I quite like the look of those little ceramics. I'm rather envious, actually! I think the 475 is perhaps the easiest re-cap of the first four within the LC series. It's a shame I'm just not as big of a fan of the 475 as I am the III.
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As far as cap jobs are concerned, I have seen worse. MUUUUCH worse. And still work 
Personally for my own stuff, I dont go for Beauty, I go for functionality.
My SE/30 is an example of that, I recapped back in 2001 or so, way before they started really leaking, and I started noticing the audio getting slightly weaker, and weaker.
Personally for my own stuff, I dont go for Beauty, I go for functionality.
My SE/30 is an example of that, I recapped back in 2001 or so, way before they started really leaking, and I started noticing the audio getting slightly weaker, and weaker.
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Techknight, those are very reassuring comments. Thanks a lot for that. I'm feeling better about things - I'm also enjoying the speed boost as a result of the overclock I performed at the same time.
I'm also finding out a lot about the functionality of System 7.6.1 that I never knew, because my family went from System 7.1 on a Mac LC straight to 8.5 on an imac.
It sounds like your preventative work paid off. I was quite surprised by the buildup under the old caps when they came off, because the motherboard looked 'clean' unlike my LC 475, which was clearly leaking EVERYWHERE!
I'm also finding out a lot about the functionality of System 7.6.1 that I never knew, because my family went from System 7.1 on a Mac LC straight to 8.5 on an imac.
It sounds like your preventative work paid off. I was quite surprised by the buildup under the old caps when they came off, because the motherboard looked 'clean' unlike my LC 475, which was clearly leaking EVERYWHERE!
Well, I only knew about what was happening from prior experience with old Sony Handycams from the mid 90s crapping out from bad capacitors.
I recapped the SE/30 before anything was online about it.
I recapped the SE/30 before anything was online about it.
