On Wed, 12 Jan 2022, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote: > > Thanks Jon. > > > > Here is a badly focused picture of the suspect components: > > > > http://www.beyondthepale.ie/cctech/p1010198.jpg > > WOW, I don't know what those are! They look like big ceramic caps to me, but > if they don't have any polarity marking, then they can't be Tantalum. Big > multilayer ceramics are prone to cracking due to board flexing, and that can > cause catastrophic failure, too.
They do look like tantalum caps to me, e.g.: <https://www.mouser.co.uk/ProductDetail/74-595D106X9025C2T> The pointed end indicates polarity. Maciej
