Progress!!

I received 2 capacitor sets from trag and got to work! The toughest part of all was the negative terminal on that large 470mF cap that must have been to the boards ground. I had a hard time getting enough heat in for it to even come out. The older dull board was probably easier to remove the CAPs as they were not glued. The newer shiny board had a dab of glue under every cap and they were harder to wiggle off. I needed up using the 2 hand 2 iron method. My hot tweezers just did not get hot enough and the angle was not always right. I connected up both boards to the same system and they both booted with the 7.5.5 that was left on that system. It is an old original Quantum 40MB that is one heck of a whiner.

Here are the recapped boards side by side:

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Here is the glossy board up and running with the satin finish board on deck to the right!

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Here is the older satin finish SE/30 board running fine with the glossy board to the right!

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My goal was to get one working but I lucked out and got a twofer!

I have 2 more pics to post and the limit is 4 I think so I will reply to myself and continue!

Brian