Reply 140 of 157, by Tetrium
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PcBytes wrote on 2022-04-22, 15:14:Tetrium wrote on 2022-04-22, 10:14:This glue becoming conductive over time is quite concerning. Which glue is it specifically and how does one recognize it? Any re […]
PcBytes wrote on 2022-04-22, 08:03:Pretty much. These older units were usually known because of the glue used being a issue (becomes conductive), and the caps bein […]
Pretty much. These older units were usually known because of the glue used being a issue (becomes conductive), and the caps being pretty bad (although they're not the only ones to use them in the early 2000s, IIRC Seasonic did too.).
Here's an example of glue blowing up stuff in Enermax units:
https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php? … ht=Enermax+glueI had one of those 365W units as well (EG365P/VE) but unfortunately by the time I had bought it second hand, the glue had already done damage. Ended up parting out the unit, and various parts have gone into other PSUs (main caps went into an beefy nJoy 500W unit, golden grille went into a spare Premier/DEER casing I have kept for rebuild purposes, and a few other stuff went into various PSUs over the years) so not a very big loss for me, especially since I had gotten a Seasonic SS-351HT shortly after the Enermax.
This glue becoming conductive over time is quite concerning. Which glue is it specifically and how does one recognize it?
Any recommendations on what glue to use? (and preferably one that is not too expensive, one that is effective and/or one that is relatively easy to work with).I don't think I have any Enermax PSUs, are there any other models perhaps affected? Or did it affect a certain era or vintage in certain years?
It's a kind of tan glue which as years go by somehow starts getting conductive. It was used to probably hold the MOSFETs and rectifiers during manufacturing.
FSP also had this issue as far as I remember with some of their older units from early to mid 2000s.
How can I recognize it? You happen to have any pics of this?
FSP, dang that sucks as I rather like FSP PSUs of that era otherwise.
Is this glue cleanable?
I guess I could dig out a whole lot of my own older FSPs and upload the pics to vogons for others to check out 😋