View Full Version : Difference between C and R?
LardArse
10-29-2003, 06:24 AM
A resistor came off my motherboard for some unknown reason. Its labeled as ZC74, and its a yellow strip like the many you see on a motherboard. I know for Rs you can replace those with appropriate resistors but for this "C" thing, can you do the same thing? I tried measuring the resistance off the tiny resistor that came off but got no reading, perhaps because its wrecked. If I know the orginal resistance, will soldering on a resistor work?
Ragnarok
10-29-2003, 07:13 AM
u sure it's resistor? might be a surface mount capacitor..
LardArse
10-29-2003, 08:01 AM
Actually I'm not even sure what it is, probably what you said, a surface mount capacitor. It looks exactly like the ones circled in red.
http://bravo.ausgamers.com/lardarse/lard/cameoff1.JPG
Is there any chance of replacing it?
Holst
10-29-2003, 09:54 AM
Its a capacitor.
Replace it with one of a similar size and your board should be fine.
LardArse
10-29-2003, 07:30 PM
Hi, how do I know what size it is?
LardArse
10-30-2003, 01:03 AM
Ok, I put back on a 0.1UF SMD cap and now the board works great like before. Thx guys!