As part of learning to solder, I am going to replace blown capacitors on my mom's motherboard. I've already ordered the caps kit for the MCP61PM-HM 1.0B (motherboard by ECS for HP). To assist with the learning curve, the last step before touching her MOBO is to replace blown caps on the AGP video card mentioned in the title, then testing my work in a different computer. I've done my research, including reading here, and this card was put together with only Sacon caps(!) at 1500uF 6.3V, 470uF 16V, and 1000uF 6.3V.
I respect Topcat and this site, but it was frustrating that I never got an email reply from him about what I should replace these with. So I took a chance and ordered Nichicon caps that are electrically compatible with the ones that need to be replaced. However, the caps I received are physically different from what's on the card; will this be a problem?
Also, the caps on the video card have a blue "stripe"--for lack of a better word--on the top, whose side and orientation matches the white stripe in the circles they "sit" in. I assume this means the polarity is on the blue/white side, which is somewhat confusing, because a "+" is on the other side. Do I guess correctly?
I can provide pics if you need them.
Thx for your help
P. S. I can't tell if the card is a GS or GT, partly because I threw away the box.
I respect Topcat and this site, but it was frustrating that I never got an email reply from him about what I should replace these with. So I took a chance and ordered Nichicon caps that are electrically compatible with the ones that need to be replaced. However, the caps I received are physically different from what's on the card; will this be a problem?
Also, the caps on the video card have a blue "stripe"--for lack of a better word--on the top, whose side and orientation matches the white stripe in the circles they "sit" in. I assume this means the polarity is on the blue/white side, which is somewhat confusing, because a "+" is on the other side. Do I guess correctly?
I can provide pics if you need them.
Thx for your help
P. S. I can't tell if the card is a GS or GT, partly because I threw away the box.
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