Please help me identify this component!!

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A Magic Sword PCB of mine had these "caps?" broken off and need to be replaced. I'm not super component savvy so I need some help identifying what they are and how to find them. They're very egg shaped have some polarity judging by the screening on the board and are reddish-brown.

Any help is most appreciated! Let me know if more pics are required.
 

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That is a Tantalum Capacitor. They are polarized, with a marking on the body showing '+'. You need to ID it's value from the schematic, or carefully clean the stuff off the outside and read the value.
(10 means 10 uF, 4.7 means 4.7 uF etc...)
 
Unfortunately I can't seem to find a schematic for the Magic Sword Board. Is there any way I can figure it out with a multimeter? and where would the voltage rating be on them?
 
So I was able to clean off and found 10/10 on the capacitor, so they're 10uF 10v caps. Is there anything else I should check/see before looking for a place to order like tolerance or operating temps, etc or does anyone have a good suggestion?
 
Radio shack actually has some of these, although they amy be all very low values, but you can check. Go to a RS in a shopping center, not a mall.
 
Also, it's perfectly fine to go up in voltage.....say you can only fine a cap at 10µf 16V....or 25V...or whatever. Keep the µf at 10.....and the V can be 10 or greater.

Edward
 
I ended up picking up some 10uF 16v Tantalum caps at the local RS. They weren't super cheap but in the end I would've ended up paying more with shipping for a few more caps. Now to replace the ones on the board and finish my superGun to test. Thanks a ton guys!
 
I ended up picking up some 10uF 16v Tantalum caps at the local RS. They weren't super cheap but in the end I would've ended up paying more with shipping for a few more caps. Now to replace the ones on the board and finish my superGun to test. Thanks a ton guys!

Yup - that'll work.
Just get the polarity right with these.
Tantalums and wrong polarity are not a good combination.

-- Ed
 
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