First post, by BLockOUT
I just got an old super socket7 motherboard, everything looked good until i saw one of the mosfets.
the part that touches the pcb was all black and loosed, mosfet was cracked, so i took it out to see the burned area.
Can this be salvaged? suppose i cover it all with green solder mask and harden it with uv light. then i buy a new mosfet and i try to solder it to a small heatsink like the ones found on 486 motherboards. is it worth the fix? or there is too much damage?
Another thing i want to ask is the mosfet model is FDB6030L and i would like to find a working replacement, newer model that gives less heat that could still work.
can anyone tell me how to find a direct replacement for that specific mosfet? what should i be looking for? the datasheets of mosfets are completely full of different data.