I have an LC III. One of the capacitors looks like it fell off, solder pads and all, but as far as I can tell, the missing capacitor has no ill effects on the system. Sound works fine, ADB works, everything seems to work OK. Is it OK to just leave it off?
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Capacitor fell off of an LC III?
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Yes it is near the PDS slot. It is probably related to it somehow. Would trying a PDS card damage the card at this point?
Almost all of the electrolytics are power supply bypasses. There is an abundance of them, so one or two lost here and there won't cause any problems, assuming that the remaining ones are in good health (this may not be a good assumption with our old machines, however).
If all is working now, be happy. Just carefully note what and where it used to be, so that you know what to do in the future, should the need arise.
If all is working now, be happy. Just carefully note what and where it used to be, so that you know what to do in the future, should the need arise.
A few capacitors are also audio related; generally they are near the audio port. But the audio is fine.
Or you might have an ugly inaudible gremlin to deal with like a DC offset or ultrasonic oscillation.
id say just pop an el cheapo card in and try it.
This topic is really old. I think I stopped using the board.
I've got a couple missing on my 8500 as well. :?:
