Bryan Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 They're caps. They're labeled on later rev's of the board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbking67 Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 How do you tell a resistor apart from a capacitor that looks like a resistor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 A capacitor does have more color rings and another base color right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1050 Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Don't forget that inductors are also color coded with a more similar scheme to resistors. Part number is dead giveaway if you have one, those starting with c are capacitors, L are inductors and r for resistors. Direct value measurement attempts if you have no part number to go by. Base color and similar looks to other devices of known category often the most helpful hints. Such that an axial lead capacitor DOESN'T look so much like a resistor after all. Similar only sort of. Those devices with only one black band on them are jumpers as a side note. Only on Atari motherboards do I find even this much confusion possible in the first place, every where else the difference is night and day. My favorite has to be the surface mount chip capacitor encased within a glass see thru axial case - why Atari? - Why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle22 Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 My only guess is that the cap is encased in glass to protect it from humidity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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