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Offline outlawal2Topic starter

How to verify if recapped or no...
« on: April 11, 2018, 10:53:03 PM »
Title says it all.. I have seen this mentioned all over the place for years and it just hit me that I *think* my A1200 has been recapped but not really certain..   And don't know how you can tell..

Any wisdom from the AMIGA GURUS here?
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Re: How to verify if recapped or no...
« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2018, 02:57:56 AM »
Unless it has a sticker from ASCII assume it wasn't recapped. ;)
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Re: How to verify if recapped or no...
« Reply #2 on: April 12, 2018, 05:04:37 AM »
Quote from: outlawal2;838414
Title says it all.. I have seen this mentioned all over the place for years and it just hit me that I *think* my A1200 has been recapped but not really certain..   And don't know how you can tell..

Any wisdom from the AMIGA GURUS here?


Unless you do it yourself you wont know for certain.
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Offline Acill

Re: How to verify if recapped or no...
« Reply #3 on: April 12, 2018, 05:16:56 AM »
Take some good pictures of it and I will let you know. I can tell by the soldering and the brand of the caps used in it. The clearer the better
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Re: How to verify if recapped or no...
« Reply #4 on: April 12, 2018, 12:21:10 PM »
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Unless it has a sticker from ASCII assume it wasn't recapped. ;)


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Offline outlawal2Topic starter

Re: How to verify if recapped or no...
« Reply #5 on: April 12, 2018, 07:34:56 PM »
Quote from: Acill;838418
Take some good pictures of it and I will let you know. I can tell by the soldering and the brand of the caps used in it. The clearer the better


Thanks for the reply (And thanks to ALL replies by the way)

Any particular part of the board I should be capturing? (Sorry, I am not an electrical guy so I really don't know what I am looking for)

Just a decent pic of the entire board or is there a location in particular to zoom on?
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Re: How to verify if recapped or no...
« Reply #6 on: April 12, 2018, 09:07:26 PM »
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Thanks for the reply (And thanks to ALL replies by the way)

Any particular part of the board I should be capturing? (Sorry, I am not an electrical guy so I really don't know what I am looking for)

Just a decent pic of the entire board or is there a location in particular to zoom on?


the area close to the rf modulator, the area close to the audioports..
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Offline outlawal2Topic starter

Re: How to verify if recapped or no...
« Reply #7 on: April 12, 2018, 10:07:48 PM »
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the area close to the rf modulator, the area close to the audioports..

Thanks!
« Last Edit: April 12, 2018, 10:58:00 PM by outlawal2 »
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Offline outlawal2Topic starter

Re: How to verify if recapped or no...
« Reply #8 on: April 12, 2018, 10:57:34 PM »
OK pics attached..
Thanks for the help
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Re: How to verify if recapped or no...
« Reply #9 on: April 13, 2018, 12:17:15 AM »
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OK pics attached..
Thanks for the help


100% sure its never been recap. Its got the originals in it.
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Re: How to verify if recapped or no...
« Reply #10 on: April 13, 2018, 12:50:39 AM »
I should have thought of this sooner.

I have enclosed a photo of my NTSC A1200 near the RF modulator. I can see that my caps have different values, although there are similar in appearance. This is from a Rev 1D.3 board.

Am I already recapped?
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Re: How to verify if recapped or no...
« Reply #11 on: April 13, 2018, 02:11:14 AM »
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I should have thought of this sooner.

I have enclosed a photo of my NTSC A1200 near the RF modulator. I can see that my caps have different values, although there are similar in appearance. This is from a Rev 1D.3 board.

Am I already recapped?

Same values, just diffrent voltage. Its okay for voltage to be a bit higher or lower, as long as its within the range still. The uF  no, needs to be the same. You look to have the stock caps in an NTSC model too. The Shoei ones are at least.
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Re: How to verify if recapped or no...
« Reply #12 on: April 13, 2018, 02:23:40 AM »
Sorry, I mistyped that. Meant to say it had numbers that differed from the other poster.

I thought they looked similar enough to be considered stock also. Good to know.


Quote from: Acill;838452
Same values, just diffrent voltage. Its okay for voltage to be a bit higher or lower, as long as its within the range still. The uF  no, needs to be the same. You look to have the stock caps in an NTSC model too. The Shoei ones are at least.
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Re: How to verify if recapped or no...
« Reply #13 on: April 13, 2018, 06:27:25 AM »
Those caps sure looks original.  and some joints even look greyish having leakageissues.
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Re: How to verify if recapped or no...
« Reply #14 on: April 13, 2018, 07:42:27 AM »
Quote from: jdryyz;838447
I should have thought of this sooner.

I have enclosed a photo of my NTSC A1200 near the RF modulator. I can see that my caps have different values, although there are similar in appearance. This is from a Rev 1D.3 board.

Am I already recapped?


The big blue cap seems bulged, or its just the angle of the photo....
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