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Changed my mind about recapping every single old board
I used to think you had to replace every capacitor on any vintage computer as soon as you got it, no questions asked. That changed after I spent a whole Tuesday carefully recapping a perfectly working 1987 Apple IIgs board from my collection in Seattle, only to have it fail to boot afterward. A tiny bit of solder bridged two traces and it took me hours to find it. Now I only recap if there's visible leakage or a known problem. Has anyone else had a recap job go sideways on a machine that was fine before?
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the_mason7d ago
Remember my buddy who recapped his Amiga and fried the whole power supply.
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That's a risky way to handle old gear though. Those caps are a ticking time bomb and can damage the board when they finally go. A single repair mistake shouldn't scare you off proper preventative care.
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