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I think those are tantalum capacitors. I don't know if those need to ben replaced or not.

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None of my research suggests that they do, unless they blow out.

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Antistatic cleaning swabs and a toothbrush, after cleaning the floppy drive mechanism with alcohol.

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Replacing the drive belt.

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The "50" and "60" circles on the big wheel are used for timing calibration.

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Time to recap.

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Leads of the first big-ass cap inserted through the mainobard.

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Power smoothing capacitors replaced.

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Underside of the mainboard.

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Had a hell of a time unsoldering that one.

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Drive shell drying in the dishrack.

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I used some crappy alcohol swabs to clean off the RF shielding/scaffolding.

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Capacitors aren't supposed to bulge like that.

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Sheer luck kept that sucker from blowing up.

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Smoke test part 2: No oops.