I screwed up. Now I need help from a good solder guru..

[Glendor]

I won't bore you with the details, but let me assure you all that had a good reason for doing what I was doing when disaster struck.

The Disaster: I broke (what I've been informed is) a capacitor off my Classic Athlon 950mhz CPU 🙁

The capacitor is (was) located at the C105 position on the front of the PCB, just to the left of the upper left heatplate stud hole.

Question 1: Where can I get a replacement capacitor?
I have the one that broke off, but it could be damaged, I'm not sure.

Question 2: How difficult is this repair, and is there anybody experienced enough to do this type of work for a reasonable price?

Please PM me and/or post here with answers/advice

My email addy is: monrocm@texaco.com

 

[HotWire]

Just get a fine point soldering tip and gun, grind down the point as sharp as possible, reattach it just by heating it with the excess solder that is there, use of a microscope at 20-30X will help the process.

 

[Shack70]

Make sure the soddering gun is low heat too....12-15watts. You don't want to burn up the whole board!😀

 

[DAM]

perhaps you might be able to extend the leads off somehow, so you dont actually solder on the proc, that might give you some leway incase you mess up. also, check to see if there are some sort of spec sheet to see it this capacitor is not a AMD proprietary Capacitor and it might need to be specially made or something like that.




dam(best of luck, keep us updated)

 

[Glendor]

I'm off to Radio Shack after work to get a low heat soldering rig and one of those hi-powered magnifying glasses they have 🙁

Wish me luck.

Glendor...