I need to replace a surface-mount part due to mechanical damage to t=
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old one. It's on the processor board in a notebook computer. Markings on =
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itsby-bitsy little broken part (lead broken off) are "33-6" and a stripe =
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to one of the two connections. The board is marked "C33" and one connecti=
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is marked "+". The part is approximately 2x2x3 mm (maybe less).
     A couple of questions:
1) I'm guessing this is a 33 ufd tantalum capacitor. Agree?
2) Assuming I get a tiny-tip soldering iron, is this something a mere hum=
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likely to be able to replace or would I be better off taking it somewhere=
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(WHERE?) and letting someone else do it who has "the proper equipment?"
3) Where in town can I find the part (I've already been to Fry's on=20
Thunderbird and Tri-Tek Electronics on Peoria, both in the NW quarter of =
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Valley)? Apparently 33 ufd is larger than most places stock.
     TIA!

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Ed Skinner, ed@flat5.net, http://www.flat5.net/