Hey,
Just about to purchase some Rubycon 6.3v 820uf capacitors for a Dell SX280. The problem is that most of the time the hard drive is detected in the BIOS, but Windows XP and Ubuntu setup won't detect the drive, even in SATA compatibility mode. Additionally, the hard drive is often not listed as a boot option and when it is, it hangs for a few seconds and displays a disk read error, with the drive light remaining solid. The IDE controller for the DVDROM drive seems to work fine.
I've found one or two capacitors of the same rating that may be the cause of the problem. Is it possible that a bad capacitor that is bulging very slightly would cause a problem like this, or is the problem related to the drive controller itself? All of the other capacitors visually seem fine and are mixed Rubycon and Nichicon, if that means anything. Could it have been recapped at some point?
Just want to make sure there isn't an underlying problem before purchasing the capacitors.
Thanks!
Just about to purchase some Rubycon 6.3v 820uf capacitors for a Dell SX280. The problem is that most of the time the hard drive is detected in the BIOS, but Windows XP and Ubuntu setup won't detect the drive, even in SATA compatibility mode. Additionally, the hard drive is often not listed as a boot option and when it is, it hangs for a few seconds and displays a disk read error, with the drive light remaining solid. The IDE controller for the DVDROM drive seems to work fine.
I've found one or two capacitors of the same rating that may be the cause of the problem. Is it possible that a bad capacitor that is bulging very slightly would cause a problem like this, or is the problem related to the drive controller itself? All of the other capacitors visually seem fine and are mixed Rubycon and Nichicon, if that means anything. Could it have been recapped at some point?
Just want to make sure there isn't an underlying problem before purchasing the capacitors.
Thanks!
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