Capacitor Reference - PowerBook 540

Most 540s will be fine without recapping but I'd still recommend at least replacing the one cap on the logic board.


Logic Board

Value Count Type
100uf 25v 1 Surface-Mount Electrolytic

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Backlight Inverter Board

The polymer caps very rarely fail - replace them only if you want to.

Value Count Type
220uf 6.3v 1 Low Profile Radial Electrolytic
22uf 6.3v 1 Low Profile Radial Polymer
6.8uf 25v 2 Low Profile Radial Polymer

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