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Replace tantalum caps with Normal electrolytic ones?

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First post, by Cga.8086

Posted on 2019-04-28, 15:41

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Has anyone replaced tantalum caps on old motherboards with common electrolytic capacitors?
I have a 486 motherboard full of 16v 10uf tantalum baloon type caps, and im wondering if electrolytic is safer to have.

Reply 1 of 1, by carlostex

Posted on 2019-04-28, 17:26

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You can do it, use as low esr as possible. 16v 10uf tantalums are extremely common on motherboards from the IBM 5150 up to 486's getting a lot less common from Pentium and on.

I've been replacing those with low esr polymer capacitors with very good results.

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