Well i got up this morning, and had to remove some components to get to the other side of the cap, and the boards in pretty bad shape not much of a trace to solder to, so I am going to try and work on it later tonight and hope all goes well, I also have to find a replacement fan also so the power supply is usefull
thanks again for your help
Ok update. i got the capacitor soldered back in what a mudder
no room, any how thought it was all good even felt proud that i got it soldered back in, turn it on and flashes red, and added another fan just to make sure that it was working and still nothing, board where the capacitor was at is cracked in half think i mentioned that before didnt think it would be a problem looked futher and it bad. so went to the circler file after i cut the cord off of it, thanks everyone, .
OH and the capacitor didnt blow up
Post Merge: December 26, 2010, 01:37:55 PM
EDIT(to make my post actually useful):
Making mistakes is probably one of the top learning tools, teaching is another learning tool used too.
working with caps:
discharge them with a resistor before servicing
check polarity
when replacing check voltage rating
don't touch the top metal part of the cap!
when it looks blown up check for other areas burnt
yea thats where i read that
Making mistakes is probably one of the top learning tools, teaching is another learning tool used too.