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First post, by unspec

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I am trying to restore socket 7 motherboard DTK PAM-0054I E-1.
Here it is on the retroweb website: https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/dtk-pam-0054i-e1 , looks like variant labeled as "Image 2 of 4 (Elke Wehmer)".
The process is going well, I just need to find out the characteristics of the electrolytic capacitors located in places TC30 and TC31. This is the top right side of the board, the board model name is located right between them.
Unfortunately, I couldn't find any images of the board that would show the characteristics of these capacitors.
Could anyone who has a similar board (or a photo of one where these capacitors are visible) take a look and let me know these characteristics?

Reply 1 of 4, by majestyk

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47µF 16V.
But they are probably not needed when the SRAM sockets/chips are not present. On one of the pics they are present, although no SRAMs are populated. I guess they were either dropped during the production period or they have been present on your mainboard and were removed later. The latter would be visible when you inspect the soldering spots closer.

BC115 - BC129 are also present but not needed when no SRAMs are there.
TC30 and TC31 are for filtering Vcc and preventing transients. They make perfect sense when SRAMs are active and they won´t hurt otherwise.

Reply 2 of 4, by unspec

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They were both present, but were torn off (before i got the board). In my image, the remains of the legs are already soldered off.
The remains of the stripped cases were in the packet with the motherboard. On the remains of the cases I see on one 47µF 16V, and on the second 100µF 16V.
It is impossible to understand which of these places each of them occupied previously.

Reply 3 of 4, by majestyk

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You can round up capacity to 2 x 100µF without any risk here.

Reply 4 of 4, by unspec

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Ok, thank you for information.