electro-shitic capaciters

[choasforages]

i lost another mb to capaceters, so once again ill have to go down to radioshack and pick up a new cap and play with the soldering iron. by any chance are their capaceters that don't leak? ive heard of tantulem/*sp?*/ but i hear they fail with a bang

[mobrien_12]

It's "tantalum."  I have read that tantalum capacitors are better for motherboard applications, but I'm not sure why.

[ February 19, 2003: Message edited by: M. O'Brien ]

[choasforages]

i can almost see that being the next big "mod", taking all the electroletics off and replacing them. and i have heard the same about tantalum caps. does anybody know why they would be better? and where i could buy some?/*radioshack has a few, but not the assortment i would need.*/

[rtgwbmsr]

This was a big issue...it was on slashdot a while back. Go check them out, they have a long list of mobo and comp manufacturers that used bad resistors.

[Kintaro]

I think those caps dont leak as much (it would be impossible to have one not leak i think) and they last longer (i think).

I have never had cap problems on anything new however.

[jtpenrod]

quote:i can almost see that being the next big "mod", taking all the electroletics off and replacing them. and i have heard the same about tantalum caps. does anybody know why they would be better? and where i could buy some?/*radioshack has a few, but not the assortment i would need.*/

Tantalums have much lower internal inductance. This makes them better suited for use in high frequency circuits.

You might want to try Mouser Electronics.
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