First post, by tegrady
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Hi, I just decided to get a soldering iron so that I can recap some motherboards and video cards.
I've watched some Youtube videos on how to do it, but I am definitely a newb in this area.
One question that I have is can I replace a leaking cylindrical polymer cap on a video card with a radial aluminum electrolytic capacitor of the same rating? That question probably sounds stupid, but I don't know enough about capacitors to know if it sounds stupid or not.... I'm not even sure if I am using the correct terminology.
In this case I bought a Geforce 2 that has two leaking cylindrical polymer caps. They are 1000uf 6.3v. I went on eBay and I can find radial aluminum electrolytic caps with no problem, but the cylindrical polymer caps are less common and more expensive.
Will the radial aluminum electrolytic caps with the same specs work fine?
Thanks.