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SMD code 5103

Marking codes are not standardised, and the same code is reused by unrelated makers for unrelated parts. Below is every part in our tables printed with it, and any printed with a code that is easy to misread as it, from the manufacturers' own marking tables and published code lists.

5103 on a chip resistor

510 kΩ

510 kΩ resistor, 1%

510 followed by 3 zeros. Four digits is normally the 1% series.

Check it with a meter

Lift one end and measure across it. A good one reads 510 kΩ within 1%. Measuring it in circuit reads the parallel combination of everything around it, which is almost always lower, never higher: well above 510 kΩ on the board is a fault. Open, or well above 510 kΩ, means it has failed: burnt, cracked or corroded. That does not change what to fit: the marking still says 510 kΩ. A burnt resistor usually means the part it feeds drew too much, so find that before fitting a new one.

On a transistor or diode body (SOIC-8, SOT-23, SOT-89-5), 5103 is a part code instead. Those parts are listed below.

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The only part printed 5103 in our tables

MTP5103N3

What it is
P-channel MOSFET
Maker
CYStek
Package
SOT-23
Pins
3
Details
-30 V, -4 A P-channel MOSFET
Source
Manufacturer datasheet

Is it dead?

Diode range, part lifted. Test drain to source first, then short gate to source and test again.

Working, it reads

Red probe on the drain, black on the source: about 0.4 to 0.9 V, the body diode. Open the other way. The gate reads open to both other pins, both ways.

Dead, it reads

  • Drain to source the same both ways, near 0 V with a continuous beep, and still so after shorting gate to source: shorted. The classic failure.
  • The gate reads low to source or drain: gate shorted. Often all three pins end up shorted together.
  • No body diode at all: failed open.
On the board
the gate usually has a resistor to the source, so gate to source reads that resistor, which is not a fault. Lift a leg to be sure.
Compare:
If an identical part sits elsewhere on the board, measure it the same way: that is what this one should read.
Watch for:
The diode range can charge the gate enough to turn the part on, and then drain to source reads near 0 both ways on a good part. Short gate to source and test again before you condemn it.

A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.

Datasheetfor MTP5103N3, opens in a new tab

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Printed with a code easy to misread as 5103

One character differs, and it is one that is easy to confuse under a lamp. Each code has a page of its own.

Codes that begin with 5103

For a marking with its end worn or burnt off. Each code has a page of its own.

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