Puzzling Hot Southbridge Phenominon...
I've got two a7n8x deluxe and 1 gigabyte GA-7vAXP board. All setup independently and all suffering from can't hold my finger on the southbridge without burning it. These boards did not used to be this way and are all socket A with rubicon capacitor. Newegg sought after boards and ran very well for many years. The capacitors look mint on all these boards. 1 board is dead and i'm assuming the other 2 will follow shortly. Installed heatsinks and still too hot to handle. All boards have the Nvidia MCP southbridge and when the ran properly, they give me very little reason to upgrade to todays technology.
Can anyone pinpoint a few a capacitors to replace for this type of problem. I can't see recapping whole boards full of seemingly great rubicons.
I've got two a7n8x deluxe and 1 gigabyte GA-7vAXP board. All setup independently and all suffering from can't hold my finger on the southbridge without burning it. These boards did not used to be this way and are all socket A with rubicon capacitor. Newegg sought after boards and ran very well for many years. The capacitors look mint on all these boards. 1 board is dead and i'm assuming the other 2 will follow shortly. Installed heatsinks and still too hot to handle. All boards have the Nvidia MCP southbridge and when the ran properly, they give me very little reason to upgrade to todays technology.
Can anyone pinpoint a few a capacitors to replace for this type of problem. I can't see recapping whole boards full of seemingly great rubicons.
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