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    any other way i can take off the old capacitor? i cannot locate any snippers

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    yes remove the board and unsolder the capacitor but that is a very fiddly job especially if you are not experienced with a soldering iron.
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    Quote Originally Posted by pheonix View Post
    yes remove the board and unsolder the capacitor but that is a very fiddly job especially if you are not experienced with a soldering iron.
    I was originally planning on removing the board but was worried taking off the board was complex. Is it?

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    Not really, as long as you take your time and remember what goes where.
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    Quote Originally Posted by pheonix View Post
    Not really, as long as you take your time and remember what goes where.
    Okay, i'd rather prefer to take off the board, can do a neater job. Will decide tonight..

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    if you have a camera phone take a picture of board for backup use and in case different length screws

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    Quote Originally Posted by cactikid View Post
    if you have a camera phone take a picture of board for backup use and in case different length screws
    Will do. thanks for the tip

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    If you have never soldered before taking off the board will be FAR,FAR more difficult than soldering to the old legs. I can't stress this enough - PLEASE do not do it this way.

    Please take the advice of the many people who have done this job before and snip off the old capacitor and solder to the old legs.

    If you get a good soldered joint between the old legs and the new capacitor that is all that matters, neatess does not make the box work any better!

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    another tip if you have never used a soldering iron before is to do a few test runs soldering some electric cable, or paper clips together as practice makes perfect and it might give you a little bit more confidence when you do it for real

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    An update, i tried soldering the legs myself but was absolutely hopeless. So left it and paid a TV repair guy to do it. Cost me £20 and the box is working.

    Kind of annoyed that i couldn't do a simple soldering job. Was worried i might end up burning the motherboard with the hot iron.

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    you did the right thing mate as you where not fully confident that you could do it properly
    and for only £20 you have saved yourself a couple of hundred £'s

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    Quote Originally Posted by nsw9154 View Post
    you did the right thing mate as you where not fully confident that you could do it properly
    and for only £20 you have saved yourself a couple of hundred £'s
    True, still slightly annoyed that i couldnt fix it myself. Maybe i need to take some soldering lessons

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    probably lol it's a handy thing to know how to do I have been using a soldering iron for over 40 years and it has served me well

    I have actually considered buying a broken Duo with the red light problem to fix myself but you never know if you are buying a clone so I have never bothered
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    Quote Originally Posted by nsw9154 View Post
    probably lol it's a handy thing to know how to do I have been using a soldering iron for over 40 years and it has served me well

    I have actually considered buying a broken Duo with the red light problem to fix myself but you never know if you are buying a clone so I have never bothered
    It would be impossible to know if the red light is caused by just the faulty capacitor or a dodgy motherboard. So buying a broken box might end up costing you more. Risky

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