nhattu1986 wrote on 2026-11-02, 16:57:

you should check their cap! I also accquire two of them and both having bad caps

Here's my initial list of replacement caps: (I still need to clear the ambers)

Irinikus wrote on 2026-11-02, 19:45:

Here's my initial list of replacement caps: (I still need to clear the ambers)
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I recommend the following:

For the 50V 1uF caps, do not use Wurth Elektronik. Wurth refuses to disclose who makes their parts, so assume they are inferior.

Don't use Panasonic FC.

For the 1000uF parts, don't use Panasonic EB. For the small caps, EB is ok.

For the 4700uF caps, do not use Nichicon VY.

This is what I've settled on, as these components are available locally:

There are different versions of this power supply, so I'm going to have to wait until I can examine its internals before going ahead with the purchase of the capacitors. (I'm currently not sure if this list is compatible with this particular unit.)

Irinikus wrote on 2026-11-02, 13:37:

H3nrik V! wrote on 2026-11-02, 13:21:

Wow, that thing must be huuuuuuuuughely long? Or am I just out of imagination on how it would change the discs without moving them backwards in the enclosure?

It's actually a standard sized drive!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qKv-Ntwf0s

Thanks for that clarification, it's really cool!

And it reveals that it's actually a slot-in drive - hadn't thought about that, as it looks like a "normal" loading tray 😀

H3nrik V! wrote on 2026-11-03, 08:13:

Thanks for that clarification, it's really cool!

And it reveals that it's actually a slot-in drive - hadn't thought about that, as it looks like a "normal" loading tray 😀

It's Super Cool! 😀 (I also never knew it was actually a slot drive before I saw the video.)

It's an extremely clever layout.

luckybob wrote on 2023-02-15, 17:01:

good luck finding the P65UP5's big brother, the P65UP8.

Bitchin' dual p-pro setup

Its where I keep my overdrives as well. ^.^

I see that you have a PC POWER AND COOLING TURBO COOL 600 WATT POWER SUPPLY in your system.

Did you re cap it?

This morning I decided to take a look at the continuity of the old burned out power connector which I removed from the motherboard, and found the following 5V connections to be open circuits: (I can't imaging why the system was having trouble POSTing!!! 😀 )

Which led to this:

The connector was under-specced for the power that this board draws, why it doesn't have an AUX power connector as well is beyond me! (The additional couplings which I added will help here!)

Here are all of the caps I replaced, I'll test them in due course.

The SCSI drive rack arrived today, so the system disc now has a home. The Nakamichi 5 Disc CD-ROM Mini Changer should hopefully arrive from the UK early next week.

I’ll only refit the motherboard into the chassis once the PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool arrives from the US. I also still need to order some adapter cables to neatly wire everything up.

Here's where I am on this build so far, and it's not even up and running yet! (Definitely one of the more expensive builds I've done!)