Tantalum Capacitors Are Polarized

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04-16-2009

Takeda

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Tantalum Capacitors Are Polarized

This is what happens when a Tantalum capacitor is placed the wrong way, and the polarity is reversed:

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wow

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what are we looking at here?

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ouch!

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ahh i love the smell of burnt boards in the morning!

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what are we looking at here?

That huge section of that board thats burnt.

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Made in China.

Seriously tho...how old is tht mother board? at least 5 years?

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ah damn that sucks...were u playin around bob and had a " oh **** its burning" moment? lol..jk.. nice pics

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Originally Posted by 08XLT4x4

what are we looking at here?

its a computer motherboard

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@ the pics

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Made in China.

Seriously tho...how old is tht mother board? at least 5 years?

arnt they all. HaHa a "socket 7" more like 13-15yrs

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mmmmm..... i love the smell of burning plastic in the morning.

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@ the pics

arnt they all. HaHa a "socket 7" more like 13-15yrs

YUP, it's a PC motherboard from about 1995.....It flamed up in system test, due to a tantalum capacitor in backwards.......

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Had the same thing happen put a socket 7 processor in fired it up and it started to smoke took the processor out and two pins were bent together and went in the same hole those things smell awful when they burn.

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