[NTLK] Tantalum caps

[Forrest]

Jay:

I've had kind of a similar experience with capacitor C85....

http://www.newtonphoenix.org/

Look under "Newt Tech", then the "FrankenNewton" entry.

Thanks,
--Forrest 

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On Mar 24, 2011, at 11:02 PM, jay stainbrook <jaystainbrook at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 
> Hi everybody.  
> 
> I got my hands on a dead 2100 for the case and some other plastic goodies.  But when i took a look at the board, there was an obviously blown cap (C147).  So I replaced it, thinking it was keeping the Newton from powering up.  But it stayed dead.  
> 
> So now I'm wondering - did my ham fisted soldering/de-soldering mess something else up?  Is it common for these caps to burst?  Anyone ever try to fix this?
> 
> It would be kind of neat if this "parts" newton could be made to run.
> 
> Jay Stainbrook                         
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