IMac USB repair

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Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't a voltage regulator a voltage
regulator and a capacitor a capacitor and neither look all that similar?
You can, of course, attach a capacitor to a voltage regulator as is done
on the common, home-brew IR receiver but the voltage regulator still
looks more like a transistor than a capacitor.

On Fri, 2003-10-17 at 10:57, Robert.Wultsch@asu.edu wrote:
> One a mips-based tivo-like box (manufacture to remain nameless to avoid
> getting flamed) a voltage regulator (big capacitor next to the cpu) is be=
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> held on by some tape masking tape. It has
> worked fine for 6 months this way even though it has been moved several
> times. It does not need to be pretty to be functional.
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> On Fri, 17 Oct 2003, Chris Gehlker wrote:
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> > On Friday, October 17, 2003, at 09:52 AM, Craig White wrote:
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> > > No fix for iMac other than replacing motherboard - USB connects are
> > > directly to motherboard.
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> > I don't claim to be a tech but I know some and they have been making=20
> > board level patches on Macs for years. They tell me that people who say=
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> > that they have to replace the mobo to repair something simply never=20
> > learned to solder.
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Bryce C <Plug@BryceCo.Net>
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