First post, by carlostex
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Hi there fellas.
My IBM 5160 first revision motherboard (64KB-256KB) needs a recap. I've tried to power it with a good known PSU and soon enough one of the caps failed in a shower of sparks and a loud bang. SOme other caps already show a "black eye" on them so i might as well replcae them all.
I'm wondering though if i could replace Tantalum capacitors with Electrolytic.
Let's face it. Tantalum is a rare mineral and shortages of supply make them expensive. Couldn't a well chosen, good characteristics high quality electrolytic substitute be used? I assume polymer caps could be even better replacements.
The IBM 5160 motherboard uses two legged tantalums. The positive side is marked on the PCB. I do have new Tantalums that i got, just in case this happened (which i was kind of expecting), but i'm wondering if i could get some high quality lytic caps, like Panny FM, and just get rid of these Tantalums once and for all.
What do the electronics gurus think of this?