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Damion · 11 April 2011, 05:59

I think it's more a matter of quality than SMD vs thru-hole. The SMD Panasonics used on (at least) some earlier A4000's usually don't leak, but the cheapies do. (I've yet to see an A600 or Commodore A1200 board with out at least some evidence of leakage.) The thru-hole caps used in the earlier Amigas were generally good quality (Elna, Shoei, Nichicon). I've yet to have an issue with those, but I've seen plenty of cheap thru-hole caps leak, explode, or otherwise fail.

My opinion - keep things original, stick with a quality Japanese SMD cap (Panasonic, Nichicon, UCC) and they will last a very long time.

11 April 2011, 05:59	#10
Damion Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: US Posts: 315	I think it's more a matter of quality than SMD vs thru-hole. The SMD Panasonics used on (at least) some earlier A4000's usually don't leak, but the cheapies do. (I've yet to see an A600 or Commodore A1200 board with out at least some evidence of leakage.) The thru-hole caps used in the earlier Amigas were generally good quality (Elna, Shoei, Nichicon). I've yet to have an issue with those, but I've seen plenty of cheap thru-hole caps leak, explode, or otherwise fail. My opinion - keep things original, stick with a quality Japanese SMD cap (Panasonic, Nichicon, UCC) and they will last a very long time.