]> > Tony Sivori <TonySivoriMSWO...@yahoo.com> wrote:
]> >> trouble is that I also need a video card, mine has leaking capacitors
]> >> and it could fail at any time.

]> > It would seem you ave more than enough experience to simply replace the
]> > faulty components at a cost of pennies. Why then, replace the card?
]>
]> Getting the right capacitor locally in small quantities has proven to be

]Eh? What do you mean by "right capacitor"? What other quality do you
]need for them other than their capacitance and a minimum voltage
]tolerance? I presume these are electrolytics, since they are leaking,
]which makes them about the order of 100uF, and probably used to clean
]the power-supply rails, which means they don't need to survive more
]than about 15V. And over-capacitance and over-voltage would be fine too.

Very bad idea if you do not know exactly what theyare for. They might
simply be filtering caps, but also might be tuned. Not having the circuit
diagram makes deciding impossible. Get exactly the same capacitance. If you
cannot figure out what that is, or have trouble with a soldering iron,
don't even think about it. A multilayer board is very easy to destroy.

]> impossible for me. I phoned nearly every supply house and TV repair shop
]> in my city.

]But why? What was wrng with looking some up in the Maplins catalogue,
]or whatever you have locally (Radio Shack?).