THANK YOU!!!
I unwittingly (drukedness may have played a role) plugged my Iriver into my Starmate Replay charger the other night and fried it. I was pretty well content to toss it in the garbage, but figured I would do a little searching on the net first.
Anyway, I think it is fairly obvious which capacitor took the brunt of the dmg. I attempted to remove the capacitor from the board, but the soldering Iron I have is not hot enough/preciscise enough to handle the operation. I was however able to disconnect the capacitor, and the unit is working perfectly again.
I now have two questions.
How dangerous would it be to continue to operate the unit without the cap installed?
The markings on the cap seem to read 100 and 6n but as it is damaged I can't make it out with 100% positivity. How would I find an exact replacement for this cap?
Any tips on unsoldering/resoldering a new chip?
Thanks for any help in advance. (I was almost stuck reverting to a 3g Ipod
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