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Article #118Re: Crisis in Japan: defective electro caps round the world
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Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2002 19:09
Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2002 19:09
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On 6 Dec 2002 04:36:29 -0800, dlehtihet@hotmail.com (Daniel) wrote: >Ross Vumbaca <rossv1@au.com.optushome> wrote in message news: >> > Yep, my father sent 3 motherboards (computers) to a guy that replaces >> > the bad caps for about $50/per MB. One was Abit's and the other was >> > Intel's. >> >> How did you know the caps were bad, and what Abit motherboard was it? >> >> (Since my Abit died mysteriously for no reason, and I was wondering why). >> >> Ross.. >Ross, > >You can often see it if you look at the top of the caps. If the tops >are bulging (should be flat on top) or if you see juice coming from >it, they are defective. I hade to resolder my Abit BX133 board last >month due to defective capacitors (it stopped working suddenly). It >can sometimes be hard to source the right spec. caps, but if you can >get the right ones and have some knowledge in soldering, you should be >able to fix it quite easily yourself (unless there are a lot of >defective ones). > >Daniel My last mother board had around 20 electro caps within it. $50/per MB would be a great price for changing them out.
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