NEC PC-9821Na7

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NEC PC-9821NA7
Preliminary Information
Release Year 1980
Leak Risk Medium
Batteries None
Mounting Technology Through Hole, SMD, BGA, Sockets
Capacitor Types Aluminum Electrolytic, Tantalum, Ceramic, Polymer
Destructive Entry No

NEC PC-9821 series notebook.

Known Issues

Only powers on intermittently.

Causes

  • Bad PSU, bad caps, leaking battery.

Solutions

  • Unknown at this stage.

Battery leakage near memory socket.

The Ni-Cd battery for the RTC and settings can leak after time. Leakage can wick up the wires to the socket, and contaminate the memory socket.

Leaking battery
Corroded memory socket

The memory socket is a Hirose SX1BA-72S-0.635SH, but they are no longer available.

Disassembly Notes

Disassembly video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlzsPEkEGVc

Motherboard

Being old and brittle plastic, it's easy to snap the small clips when unhooking the sides and front.

Original Parts

Mezzanine board EMMM1 94V-0 / PDU66 / EHMDD955-4.

Mezzanine board

Soldered to the lower board.

Capacitor Specifications and Footprint Information
RefDes Qty Capacitance Voltage Mount Diameter/Size Height Lead Spacing Temp Type Brand Series
C01?, C02 2 180 µF 16V TH 6mm 14mm 2.54mm 105 °C Electrolytic Panasonic HFQ
C16, C18, C26 3 470 µF 10V TH 8mm 16mm 4mm 105 °C Electrolytic Panasonic HFQ
Lower PCB

Lower board G8TXT Z C5B

PCB on the base of the computer, with the drive connectors.

All caps not listed here are SMD ceramic or tantalum.

Capacitor Specifications and Footprint Information
RefDes Qty Capacitance Voltage Mount Diameter/Size Height Lead Spacing Temp Type Brand Series
Unlabelled?

7K2 and 8K1 above it.

1 220 µF 6V SMD 8mm Electrolytic Nichicon

Replacement Parts

Basic PCB Name

Capacitors
RefDes Qty Compatible Part Number Order Links
C01?, C02 2 EEU-FC1E181BJ / 35ZLJ180MTTIT78X11.5 Digikey Mouser LCSC
C16, C18, C26 3 EKZE160ETD471MH15D / UPW1C471MPD6 / 10YXG470MEFCT78X11.5 Digikey Mouser LCSC

If parts are not available or different selection is preferred, you can use the values in the Original Parts section to perform a parametric search.

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