Are these surface mount components or not?

[James Wilkinson Sword]

See all those little brown blobs? Are they actually surface mount resistors/capacitors? They don't seem to be connected to both contacts. It's the power board for an LCD TV.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/3xzdh578qhsgmcp/Surface%20mount.jpg?dl=0

 

[Newdo]

Am 07.09.2017 um 15:12 schrieb James Wilkinson Sword:
> See all those little brown blobs?  Are they actually surface mount

Just nonpopulated parts. What you see is the glue from the standard glue
mask...

- Udo

 

[James Wilkinson Sword]

On Thu, 07 Sep 2017 18:45:50 +0100, Newdo <Newdo@ifmd.de> wrote:

Am 07.09.2017 um 15:12 schrieb James Wilkinson Sword:
See all those little brown blobs? Are they actually surface mount

Just nonpopulated parts. What you see is the glue from the standard glue
mask...

A hell of a lot of non-components.

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[Ian Field]

"James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> wrote in message
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On Thu, 07 Sep 2017 18:45:50 +0100, Newdo <Newdo@ifmd.de> wrote:

Am 07.09.2017 um 15:12 schrieb James Wilkinson Sword:
See all those little brown blobs? Are they actually surface mount

Just nonpopulated parts. What you see is the glue from the standard glue
mask...

A hell of a lot of non-components.

You bought the cheapest crap version with only basic functions.