
Now that you have the 5200 board removed from the case, it’s time to warm up the soldering
iron. We need to remove two components from the board: L8, a 2.7uH inductor located immediately
to the left of the RF box, and C45, a large 4700uF electrolytic capacitor located just above the RF
socket. Both components are denoted in Figure 8.40.
WARNING: H
ARDWARE HARM
Care must be taken in removing the capacitor from the 5200. Because of the capacitor’s
large size and location on the board, you will only have access to the solder joints on the
bottom side of the board. Remove as much solder as you can from the bottom of these
joints, and slowly work out each ...