Hi!
Recently I found my graphite BaseStation to reboot randomly. Like many of its siblings it had one burned out capacitor. Unfortunately, in Europe there is no replacement program even though the parts used are exactly the same.
So I went out, got some capacitors and replaced the old once. I used capacitors I could readily get: 220 uF, 35V, 85C.
The base station seemed to work just fine. But as I moved my iBook further away, the signal lost strength much faster than it used to. Also the signal strength seemed to vary for no good reason. Bottomline: unusable.
I figured that the card might not be getting correct or steady voltage. So I got another pair of capacitors: 330 uF. The base station again seemed to work fine with a signal that might be just a tad less strong than it used to.
So I went ahead to assemble the case: I had to reposition the capacitors for them to fit the case. Everything was fine until I discovered that the signal again goes only a third of the way it used to. Opening the case does not help. So either the new position of the capacitors introdced problems (e.g interference) or I somehow damaged capacitors.
Now I am at wits end. How can the station work properly, but less well as before?
Has anybody had similar experiences?
Recently I found my graphite BaseStation to reboot randomly. Like many of its siblings it had one burned out capacitor. Unfortunately, in Europe there is no replacement program even though the parts used are exactly the same.
So I went out, got some capacitors and replaced the old once. I used capacitors I could readily get: 220 uF, 35V, 85C.
The base station seemed to work just fine. But as I moved my iBook further away, the signal lost strength much faster than it used to. Also the signal strength seemed to vary for no good reason. Bottomline: unusable.
I figured that the card might not be getting correct or steady voltage. So I got another pair of capacitors: 330 uF. The base station again seemed to work fine with a signal that might be just a tad less strong than it used to.
So I went ahead to assemble the case: I had to reposition the capacitors for them to fit the case. Everything was fine until I discovered that the signal again goes only a third of the way it used to. Opening the case does not help. So either the new position of the capacitors introdced problems (e.g interference) or I somehow damaged capacitors.
Now I am at wits end. How can the station work properly, but less well as before?
Has anybody had similar experiences?