Author Topic: Asus GTX 1060 dual, How to get SMD ceramic capacitor measurement/values?  (Read 1284 times)

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Offline deadmanwalkingTopic starter

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In view that I was very successfull about the https://www.eevblog.com/forum/beginners/to-know-a-mosfet-values-in-a-gtx-760/ I found another one that has a similar problem, so I decided to buy it, the issue is that it has 5 SMD components and also has 2 broken solder pads where the 5 component was...
Investigating, I discovered that all the missing components are SMD ceramic capacitors 0603, looking some charts in google found that them can have a value from 10pf to .47uf, which leads me to my question how do I determine the value of a SMD ceramic capacitor? luckily I have access to a working video card of the same model and brand, where I can measure the capacitors that the other one have missing, but just like in the card that I repaired a few days ago THERE ARE NO DIAGRAMS |O, so my only hope is to be able to measure existing capacitors.
My only tools are a Chinese soldering iron MXN$80 (the ugliest and cheapest) and a 535-339 radox multimeter MXN$300, but this GTX 1060 6Gb card worth it (approximate value of MXN$5000) so I bought a USB microscope to make repairs on the broken tracks and pads (incredible that I found in mercadolibre one for MXN$350 although it seems to work only 3 times, according to youtube reviews it serves the purpose).
 

Offline xani

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Re: Asus GTX 1060 dual, How to get SMD ceramic capacitor measurement/values?
« Reply #1 on: September 21, 2018, 01:21:29 pm »
Zero dollar version: make an oscillator using the cap and calculate its value based on resulting frequency

Easiest version: LCR meter

Easy cheap version: Get one of those $10-20 component testers and use that to measure it:  https://www.aliexpress.com/w/wholesale-component-tester.html
 

Offline deadmanwalkingTopic starter

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Re: Asus GTX 1060 dual, How to get SMD ceramic capacitor measurement/values?
« Reply #2 on: September 21, 2018, 07:30:30 pm »
Xani, thank you very much for the hint, I gone with one of this https://www.ebay.com/itm/Tester-Tweezers-SMD-RC-Auto-Scan-Smart-Resistance-Capacitance-Diode-Meter-OK/332587918883?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649
I believe it can be useful for more than this repair, the bad news are that it arrives untill november 15th, in Mexico they are so expensive that defeats the purpouse of learning while saving some bucks, but sure I can wait a couple months, while I'll work in other projects
 


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