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With PC Chips? Better check for leaking caps first.

Tetrium wrote:

With PC Chips? Better check for leaking caps first.

🤣, check them on almost any board!

I got crappy ones on a Soyo TISU, ABIT BE6-II and more! Just tried repairing a few on the TISU board, the system powers on but no post, probably need to replace more on the board 🙁

RogueTrip2012 wrote:

Tetrium wrote:

With PC Chips? Better check for leaking caps first.

🤣, check them on almost any board!

I got crappy ones on a Soyo TISU, ABIT BE6-II and more! Just tried repairing a few on the TISU board, the system powers on but no post, probably need to replace more on the board 🙁

I've read on badcaps.com that people who do this regularly (lets consider them as the "pro's" in this field 😜) tend to replace all the caps, even the ones that appear to be normal.

Personally, I found out that soldering is definitely not one of my talents 🤣! Soldering 2 wires together and most of the solder just evaporates, drops on the ground...it's just horrible 🤣!

Just tried repairing a few on the TISU board, the system powers on but no post, probably need to replace more on the board

Did you use the right sort of low-ESR caps? Also, check your solder joints and put an ohmmeter across the cap leads make sure there are no shorts... on a lot of boards the traces/power planes are laid out such that the slightest little nick to the PCB enamel around the solder holes can cause a dead short to ground.

I've read on badcaps.com that people who do this regularly (lets consider them as the "pro's" in this field Sticking Tongue Out) tend to replace all the caps, even the ones that appear to be normal.

I personally tend to be lazy, and don't usually bother with the ones on the bottom half of the board, unless there's some obvious need to. The ones around the PCI slots and audio sections and whatnot don't usually go bad, or even if they do, they don't usually prevent a board from booting.

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Did you use the right sort of low-ESR caps? Also, check your solder joints and put an ohmmeter across the cap leads make sure th […]
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Just tried repairing a few on the TISU board, the system powers on but no post, probably need to replace more on the board

Did you use the right sort of low-ESR caps? Also, check your solder joints and put an ohmmeter across the cap leads make sure there are no shorts... on a lot of boards the traces/power planes are laid out such that the slightest little nick to the PCB enamel around the solder holes can cause a dead short to ground.

I've read on badcaps.com that people who do this regularly (lets consider them as the "pro's" in this field Sticking Tongue Out) tend to replace all the caps, even the ones that appear to be normal.

I personally tend to be lazy, and don't usually bother with the ones on the bottom half of the board, unless there's some obvious need to. The ones around the PCI slots and audio sections and whatnot don't usually go bad, or even if they do, they don't usually prevent a board from booting.

These caps measure good on a ESR meter, but makes me wonder if they aren't "LOW" enough. I was gonna make another order soon to the distributer and ask them if there are better types. I am now on a EPOX EP-3VSA2 motherboard I've replaced over 10 caps on and noticed it has some kind of cold boot issue but don't think it is related to the caps as the system is stable once it is on.

I've also fixed my Gigabyte GA-6VTXE and MSI MS-6309 with the same type of caps without issues and both work great.

Anyways, on the Soyo I only replaced about 5 1000uf 10v with 1000uf 25v, I wonder if the 25v part allowing increased voltage. These were all either just above the AGP slot (2x), the others were by the ram slots (3x). Didn't touch any yet around the cpu as it was just a quick test.

Soldering 2 wires together and most of the solder just evaporates, drops on the ground...it's just horrible

I think the trick is to preheat the wires with the soldering iron for a brief moment before applying any solder.

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Soldering 2 wires together and most of the solder just evaporates, drops on the ground...it's just horrible

I think the trick is to preheat the wires with the soldering iron for a brief moment before applying any solder.

It is better to tin each wire separately with solder, then join them together.

Just about did my whole Soyo TISU board with low ESR caps. Still have memory issues. I have 2x 1500uf 10v caps to replace (from higher ESR caps). Currently posting on the system using the board so atleast the board will work once I trick it into working though so better than a dead board I suppose. I have a feeling once these boards start getting bad caps they cause alot more damage if left uncheck like the ones I had replaced.