Anybody out there in electronics? My experience is hobbyist level, and it's been many years since I did much. Fixing a Denon AVR that has a persistent buzz for the first 15 minutes it's on. I've fixed the cracked solder joints on an IC mount (the commonly known cause) but the buzz persists. So doing visual recon. Spotted this suspicious item (photo front and side views). I *think* it must be a capacitor given the 10 pf rating, but unsure about the poo. Is this cap leaking? Or is this a glueblob?
@tgraph52 I do not see any others like this one. This receiver has about 6 or 7 boards, and I should mention that the reason I pulled this particular one (after fixing the well-known issue at http://nikita.tnnet.fi/~weopu/specials/fixingdenon/) is because when I flexed this board slightly after power up, it was the only thing that seemed to impact the initial buzzing sound. Suspicious.
I guess my first thought is that the rest of the board looks so clean and neat that the glob seems to not fit...
@tgraph52 Agreed, it just seems like a LOT of stuff to come out of that small component. But, if I can just find it online at digikey or similar I suppose I could replace it. My initial searches have not been very fruitful.
@tgraph52 (and thank you for your response, btw) 🙂
@codeWhisperer that's adhesive. When a capacitor goes bad, you'll see a bulge on the top.
@JohnRadcliff Understood, and usually there is a crosshatch to help with the pressure. But I am unfamiliar with this rectangular packaging. Wasn't even sure if it was a cap or some sort of inductor.
@codeWhisperer I did a search of the numbers and didn't come up with anything...then just thinking about the issue of it buzzing for 15 minutes before it settles down and I'm sorry to say I don't have an answer.
@codeWhisperer
Are there any of the same type caps doing that same thing?