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I was disassembling an old Pentium III POS computer with a dead PSU last night when it hit me:
I see all these capacitors and resistors on the boards from modems, network cards, power supply units, old school VGA boards, even the motherboard....
Does anyone else desolder these components and use them in their projects? Are they ever usable in laser projects, like in drivers?
Just on the motherboard, I noticed a bunch of little cylindrical capacitors (markings indicated):
SMS 16V 10uF
SHL 16V 220uF
LXV 10V 1500uF
SMS 16V 22uF
SXE 16V 120uF
and I also noticed a few things that look very similar to the LM317:
SC EZ1585CM 0002 G19218A1
i 76129S H001 A4K
Should I desolder and harvest these components, or do they serve no purpose in the laser hobby?
Thanks for letting me know.
I see all these capacitors and resistors on the boards from modems, network cards, power supply units, old school VGA boards, even the motherboard....
Does anyone else desolder these components and use them in their projects? Are they ever usable in laser projects, like in drivers?
Just on the motherboard, I noticed a bunch of little cylindrical capacitors (markings indicated):
SMS 16V 10uF
SHL 16V 220uF
LXV 10V 1500uF
SMS 16V 22uF
SXE 16V 120uF
and I also noticed a few things that look very similar to the LM317:
SC EZ1585CM 0002 G19218A1
i 76129S H001 A4K
Should I desolder and harvest these components, or do they serve no purpose in the laser hobby?
Thanks for letting me know.