SH3 PCB Big SMD Capacitor Question

[Trevor spencer]

Hi

Ive been offered a SH3 PCB recently but ive noticed the Big Cap on the board has been worked on , Looks like its been installed with a soldering iron and hot glue rather than a SMD hot air station

(ive actually seen this type of repair on 2 cave boards now , ive also seen one with no cap before too , is it a common problem ?)

Ive been told the board works fine but just worried this might be a problem later in life when the cap needs replacing again

I did have pics but there not in my email anymore ? but im sure you can imagine lol .. the repair looks ok to be fair

Any advise would be great

Thanks

[moh]

Would it happen to be an espgaluda 2 pcb?

[Trevor spencer]

No its a pink sweets but ive also seen deathsmiles like it too

[moh]

ahh, I've personally repaired an espgaluda 2 pcb that had an the large SMD pulling up the traces (supposedly someone applied some pressure to one side of it causing this), and i used some hot glue to hold it in place.

its not wise to install such a large component on the surface of the pcb like that. Its very easy to break it off. and much harder to repair..

[Trevor spencer]

Maybe I should give this one a miss then. Seems quite a common problem

[cools]

the originals are quite easy to knock off, I've even seen ones that simply fell off as the solder was so poorly done.

its not an important component, a board will work without it but if I remember correctly either the audio or video gets a bit noisy.

wouldn't bother me at all to be honest. it'd be nice if the pads were intact though so I could resolder a SMD cap there for cosmetics.

[Trevor spencer]

I do want a pink sweets , just dont want it to devalue the pcb if I need to sell it on eventually

[system11]

If it's the right price I wouldn't worry about it.