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Harlee
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, July 30, 2005 - 05:07 pm: | 
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I've decided to go into my X-700 and replace the capacitor[s] to see if I can get it up and running again. Thanks to the archives, I've found a web site that locates these capacitors. I'm going to replace the bottom one first to see what happens. My question is, where can I find a 220uF/4v capacitor, or equivalent? Do you think that Radio Shack would carry any such animal? If not, then where would you suggest? Thanks for any help you can offer. |
rick oleson
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, July 30, 2005 - 05:26 pm: |
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they have minolta replacement capacitors at micro-tools.com - look under 'specialized camera parts'. they're so cheap they practically give them away.
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Will
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, August 04, 2005 - 09:39 am: |
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Might need to really clean the circuit board before you replace that part, a dying electrolytic capacitor can sometimes leak its guts out and cause further problems.. |
morpheuse
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - 04:44 am: |
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how do u clean it? |
Winfried
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - 06:23 am: |
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You should remove any gunk you see with a toothpick or similar. Take care not to interrupt the copper traces. Finally clean the board with small hard brush and alcohol. If you want to restore it into like-new condition you can paint the board (after resoldering the new capacitor) with the transparent coating used to protect printed circuit boards. If it is NOT a brownish base material but a greenish one (epoxy) this is not necessary. |
