Reply 40 of 71, by watson
stanwebber wrote on 2023-09-12, 06:47:capacitor plague. recap. any other athlon xp motherboard will also be susceptible to same. nb is fine unless the heatsink actually fell off.
The caps around the VRM are Rubycons and they are fine. Recapping this board will probably make no difference.
Also, not every socket A motherboard needs to be recapped. After the Abit debacle with bad caps, they actually started using good quality capacitors.
For example, I have never seen an Abit NF7 with bad caps. On the other hand, an Abit KT7/KT7A will basically always have to be recapped.
In this case, I'm guessing one of the VRM transistors might be shorted and the PSU is protecting itself when you try to turn it on.
However, the first step should definitely be to try a known good (branded) power supply.