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Home Forums 68kMLA Quadra 605 chime of death. — #3
Post #3 by olePigeon
Source Forum68kMLA
CategoryTroubleshooting
Post DateTue, 4 Jan 2011 - 00:25
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/quadra-605-chime-of-death.21974/
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Well, I think I found the problem. I lifted the Quadra up for a better angle in the light to see if there was any dirt in the RAM slot, and one of the capacitors just fell off. The pad was completely corroded. :O When I had it plugged in, I smelled the unmistakable sweet stench of frying electrolytic goop, I figured it might be a bad capacitor. At least this saves me time figuring out which one. :p

Fortunately I happen to have quite a few of the same kind, the 4uf 16v surface can from when I was attempting to recap a bad LC board. Unfortunately, I have the worst luck with trying to solder surface mount resistors and capacitors. :(

I'll give it my best shot. :I

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