Motherboard repair - Asus Socket A - Recapping?

Reply 40 of 43, by gryffinwings

Posted on 2018-09-19, 03:43

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Capacitor replacement was a complete success!!! The first time I've soldered something that small. The blue and silver caps are the new ones I installed today.

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Main Computer: Custom - Intel 12900K, Asus Nvidia 3080 Ti, 64 GB DDR5.
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Reply 41 of 43, by canthearu

Posted on 2018-09-19, 09:46

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Grats.

Polymer capacitors are very pretty IMO 😀

Reply 42 of 43, by ph4nt0m

Posted on 2018-09-19, 13:27

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There's a place for the missing 5th cap. If you have a spare one, solder it there.

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Reply 43 of 43, by gryffinwings

Posted on 2018-09-19, 14:12

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ph4nt0m wrote:
There's a place for the missing 5th cap. If you have a spare one, solder it there.

I know it’s there. I don’t know what the purpose for it is. Not even sure if there is any added benefit for filling it. All I know is that this board is now fully functional. So I ask, what’s the point in filling it?

Main Computer: Custom - Intel 12900K, Asus Nvidia 3080 Ti, 64 GB DDR5.
Retro Computer: Packard Bell Legend I - AMD 286, 640KB RAM
Retro Computer: Shuttle XPC - Pentium 4 2.8 GHz FSB 400 MHz, ATi Radeon 9600 Pro, Sound Blaster Live!, 2GB RAM.

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