Reply 20 of 22, by khyypio
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Namrok wrote on 2020-10-09, 13:27:khyypio wrote on 2020-10-09, 11:11:Namrok wrote on 2020-10-08, 23:46:So am I correct in assuming this board has some recapping in it's future? Mostly the two on the right.
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Those caps are on their way out, you need to replace them. And if you replace those two, you might as well replace the next ones too. I recapped my motherboard with Panasonic FR caps: download/file.php?id=87643&mode=view
It seems that most people don´t bother with the smallest caps, just the biggest ones and that´s what I did too.
Any advice? Once upon a time I bought a $20 soldering kit off Amazon for a Pi project I never actually got around to. Of course in all the videos I've watched people are rocking much more sophisticated soldering equipment.
I'm also seeing people just heating the existing solder enough to remove the cap, then shoving the new cap into it. This versus people removing all the old solder, and resoldering the joint fresh. Gotta admit, the first approach looks a lot more appealing to me. But it seems to be the minority approach.
Like Joseph_Joestar said above. If you haven´t done this before, you need to practice and you need to practice with motherboards in particular. Motherboards tend to have really thight cap mounts so you need to have experience and, most of all, patience. So find some useless, worthless, valueless and readily broken old mobos. Also, buy some cheap caps to practice attaching .
Get a decent, adjustable soldering iron with a holding rack. To remove the solder get a solder vacuum and copper wick, also some flux. If I were you, I´d go to your neighborhood component retailer and tell them about the project, they´ll provide you with proper equipment.