NEC/TOKIN capacitor replacement on a Toshiba laptop - random shutdown or restart
Channel: José Faria
Date: 2016-02-04

Replacement of a 0E907 CPU decoupling capacitor on a Toshiba Laptop. The procedure should be similar on other brands like Samsung. The laptop would randomly restart, even after ruling out software and power adapter problems. More details:

NEC/TOKIN datasheet: http://www.nec-tokin.com/english/product/pdf_dl/proadlizer_e.pdf

Panasonic replacement capacitors datasheet: http://docs-europe.electrocomponents.com/webdocs/124a/0900766b8124ab01.pdf

Replacement capacitor part number: 2R5TPE330M7

RS part number: 788-7422

Article on tantalum capacitor failures: https://www.digikey.com/Web%20Export/Supplier%20Content/AVX_478/PDF/AVX_failure.pdf?redirected=1

Image URL:  http://www.nec-tokin.com/english/product/proadlizer/feature.html