[NTLK] Tantalum caps

[Forrest]

Jay: 

An additional note--I also tried swapping in a good capacitor later on...and I had the same problem as before. So, it likely does cause other unseen damage.

Thanks,
--Forrest

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On Mar 25, 2011, at 8:04 AM, Forrest <newtonphoenix at mindspring.com> wrote:

> 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 
> 
> Sent from my AT&T iPhone 4
> 
> 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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