Two weeks ago I took this 486 away from its 25 years sleep at my mum's attic… It was quite well stored and covered, except little did I know back then about Varta, Destroyer of Worlds.
I then spent way too much time cleaning it, removing components…
checking and fixing traces…...
So I have been recapping my old macs and some gaming consoles following Bruce Rayne’s amazing videos ! For some time in soldering jobs I have been using :
Ceramic Fiber Insulation Blanket Paper Sheet for Wood Stoves/Inserts 610×300×1mm
to protect heat sensitive components around the components...
I have a late 90s/early 2000s motherboard that has bad capacitors.
The board currently has standard Aluminium Electrolytic Capacitors.
Since I have to replace them, I'd like to use equivalent modern Aluminium Polymer Capacitors instead.
Is this possible?
I have attached a picture of the...