Problem With PCB, Capicator Came Off.

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Well I was about to play my Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles PCB today, and
unfortunately something happened to it. One of the capicators came off
the PCB after I took it out of the box I store it in, and I wanted to
know if the game will still work, or if I should get the PCB fixed. I
don't want to risk killing the PCB, but I also don't want to go through
having to spend time and money getting it repaired, or replaced, and I
wanted to know if one missing capicator (it's the big one close to the
connector by the way) will make a big difference in a PCB working or
not, and what the worse thing that could happen to it if I play it. If
anyone here can give me info on if I can still use this PCB or not,
that would be great, as any advice of anykind would be appreciated
sweetly. Thanks in advance for anyone who may be able to help me with
this.

 

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Thanks for letting me know. Unfortunately I can't soldier the part on
myself, as I have no idea of how to do so, and what I should say is
what can happen if I play the game without the broken cap on it? I've
actually had arcade games in the past that I've played without
capicators on them that were supposed to be on the PCB's and they
worked fine (I didn't realize caps were missing from those boards), and
if nothing that bad can happen, would it hurt to try the board the way
it is now? Again, if anyone here can give me some more info about this,
that would be great, and thanks in advance once again.

 

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Hi,

I would suggest soldering it back on.

Mark Capps

Red Raphael wrote:
> Well I was about to play my Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles PCB today, and
> unfortunately something happened to it. One of the capicators came off
> the PCB after I took it out of the box I store it in, and I wanted to
> know if the game will still work, or if I should get the PCB fixed. I
> don't want to risk killing the PCB, but I also don't want to go through
> having to spend time and money getting it repaired, or replaced, and I
> wanted to know if one missing capicator (it's the big one close to the
> connector by the way) will make a big difference in a PCB working or
> not, and what the worse thing that could happen to it if I play it. If
> anyone here can give me info on if I can still use this PCB or not,
> that would be great, as any advice of anykind would be appreciated
> sweetly. Thanks in advance for anyone who may be able to help me with
> this.
>

 

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Hi,

It is most likely a filter cap of some sort, it should not mess it up to
use it without it, but I cant say for sure without the board in my lap.
I would still suggest, if the legs are still there to get some solder
and a $5 soldering iron and put it back in place. The process is really
easy to do, learn as you go type of thing.

Best of luck,
Mark Capps

Red Raphael wrote:
> Thanks for letting me know. Unfortunately I can't soldier the part on
> myself, as I have no idea of how to do so, and what I should say is
> what can happen if I play the game without the broken cap on it? I've
> actually had arcade games in the past that I've played without
> capicators on them that were supposed to be on the PCB's and they
> worked fine (I didn't realize caps were missing from those boards), and
> if nothing that bad can happen, would it hurt to try the board the way
> it is now? Again, if anyone here can give me some more info about this,
> that would be great, and thanks in advance once again.
>

 

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Where are you located ? maybe someone can help you, or better yet show you
how to do it so if it happens again you are ready. also soldering is a good
skill to know if you are active in this hobby : )


"big dog" <catfishh@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
newsqudnSYBELxDKabeRVn-uw@comcast.com...
> Hi,
>
> It is most likely a filter cap of some sort, it should not mess it up to
> use it without it, but I cant say for sure without the board in my lap. I
> would still suggest, if the legs are still there to get some solder and a
> $5 soldering iron and put it back in place. The process is really easy to
> do, learn as you go type of thing.
>
> Best of luck,
> Mark Capps
>
> Red Raphael wrote:
>> Thanks for letting me know. Unfortunately I can't soldier the part on
>> myself, as I have no idea of how to do so, and what I should say is
>> what can happen if I play the game without the broken cap on it? I've
>> actually had arcade games in the past that I've played without
>> capicators on them that were supposed to be on the PCB's and they
>> worked fine (I didn't realize caps were missing from those boards), and
>> if nothing that bad can happen, would it hurt to try the board the way
>> it is now? Again, if anyone here can give me some more info about this,
>> that would be great, and thanks in advance once again.
>>

 

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plug it in.. see what happens...

if you don't know how to fix it you're going to be sending it out to get
repaired anyway.

The big question is "if I don't have the cap on and I plug it in will it do
a lot of damage?"

well... *maybe*... if it's a filter cap and you have a really bad PS then
there is an off chance that you can damage some of the parts on the board...

however, if the cap came off that easily in the first place then odds are
that it had a bad solder joint to start with and probably wasn't functioning
properly anyway.

"big dog" <catfishh@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
newsqudnSYBELxDKabeRVn-uw@comcast.com...
> Hi,
>
> It is most likely a filter cap of some sort, it should not mess it up to
> use it without it, but I cant say for sure without the board in my lap. I
> would still suggest, if the legs are still there to get some solder and a
> $5 soldering iron and put it back in place. The process is really easy to
> do, learn as you go type of thing.
>
> Best of luck,
> Mark Capps
>
> Red Raphael wrote:
>> Thanks for letting me know. Unfortunately I can't soldier the part on
>> myself, as I have no idea of how to do so, and what I should say is
>> what can happen if I play the game without the broken cap on it? I've
>> actually had arcade games in the past that I've played without
>> capicators on them that were supposed to be on the PCB's and they
>> worked fine (I didn't realize caps were missing from those boards), and
>> if nothing that bad can happen, would it hurt to try the board the way
>> it is now? Again, if anyone here can give me some more info about this,
>> that would be great, and thanks in advance once again.
>>