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[Snial]

The upside-down capacitor in mid-‘90s Macs, proven and documented by hobbyists

A “copy/paste error” on a Mac logic board has led to some restoration problems.

arstechnica.com

 

[NJRoadfan]

Apple isn't the only one with silk screen errors on their boards. The A3640 68040 processor card that came in the Amiga 4000 had a few backwards caps from the factory too.

 

[eharmon]

@dougg3 is used to being famous at this point

 

[dougg3]

Hehe, I think it's great that the article linked to the original thread about the issue over here! I didn't expect this to get as much attention as it did, but I'm glad it did -- I'm hoping this helps nudge all the cap replacement guides out there toward being updated to mention this little gotcha, for safety reasons over everything else.

Also fun to see @max1zzz get a shout-out for all the incredible LC III logic board reverse engineering work