Srieck,
If your improvised solution for C5 doesn't work, I traced the connection out and the negative pad DOES connect with CHASSIS GROUND. So, in a pinch, you could solder a small gauge wire from there to any point at ground, such as the metal bracket behind all the connectors on the rear that the outside bottom Torx screws fastened with.
Regarding that eBay link, those are polymer tantalum capacitors. In a pinch, those will work fine. I just didn't want you to reply on electrolytic caps. If you did, you would have needed to possibly redo the recapping 10-15 years down the road.
When Apple released the SE, they were still utilizing manufacturing resources from the last 4 models in the assembly line, which doesn't surprise that much. In fact, I liked it that way, since you could technically stop by Radio Shack if you needed replacement components. But a problem arose when the SE/30 and other models from that period were being developed: they ran out of space. So they had 2 choices: (1) use surface mount components, or (2) try and consolidate a vast majority of parts into a chip called the "gate array". The latter was done when the SE was introduced.
Electrolytic capacitors will go bad eventually, but not right away. They were built to be an alternative to the ceramic disc caps and primarily for use in circuits dealing with power, such as power supplies, amplifiers and regulators. They aren't meant to last forever.
73s de Phreakout. :rambo:
If your improvised solution for C5 doesn't work, I traced the connection out and the negative pad DOES connect with CHASSIS GROUND. So, in a pinch, you could solder a small gauge wire from there to any point at ground, such as the metal bracket behind all the connectors on the rear that the outside bottom Torx screws fastened with.
Regarding that eBay link, those are polymer tantalum capacitors. In a pinch, those will work fine. I just didn't want you to reply on electrolytic caps. If you did, you would have needed to possibly redo the recapping 10-15 years down the road.
When Apple released the SE, they were still utilizing manufacturing resources from the last 4 models in the assembly line, which doesn't surprise that much. In fact, I liked it that way, since you could technically stop by Radio Shack if you needed replacement components. But a problem arose when the SE/30 and other models from that period were being developed: they ran out of space. So they had 2 choices: (1) use surface mount components, or (2) try and consolidate a vast majority of parts into a chip called the "gate array". The latter was done when the SE was introduced.
Electrolytic capacitors will go bad eventually, but not right away. They were built to be an alternative to the ceramic disc caps and primarily for use in circuits dealing with power, such as power supplies, amplifiers and regulators. They aren't meant to last forever.
73s de Phreakout. :rambo: