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Lovez2jam79, of course I am not glad that you fried your iriver, however, it is the first real example that shows that my theory seems to be right, at least sometimes. In your case, the wrong charger had enough current capability to fry that cap so hot that the damage is visible. The story behind those caps is: When you develop a circuit, you place some caps on the board to make sure that it works without interference. At that point, you don't know if you will really need all those caps, it depends on the future PCB layout and other factors. But because it is almost impossible to add additional caps later if it turns out that you need them, you most likely will have more caps on the board than necessary. If you made it to disconnect the cap reliably, and if the iriver works perfectly, there is no risk running it without the cap. Desoldering: Remove as much solder as possible, using desoldering braid. Then heat one end of the cap and try to remove it with a acute pair of pliers. The cap is most probably a 6.3V 100uF cap, not 100pF. You were talking about a resistor... you meant cap? 6.3V 107pf is the right one. Size doesn't play a role, as long as it is small enough to fit between the other components.
In case you hear statics/noises and the case of the 107pF is too big, you could also use a 47uF or 10uF. It is better than no cap at all.
Horst
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