I'm looking to replace some blown capacitors on my motherboard (an MSI K8N Neo4) and I have a few question about getting started with that:
1. What capacitor brands are currently known to work the best?
2. Should I replace all of the capacitors on the motherboard or just the damaged ones and the ones that are known to be poor quality? The motherboard only has 4 obviously vented capacitors.
3. I'm fairly new to buying capacitors online and when searching online stores for them there are usually a ton of filters that can be applied to a search. What are the most important filters to know? Can I get away with knowing just the capacitance, voltage rating, and physical dimensions, or do I need to know and match every other detail as well?
4. What wire gauge of solder works best?
Thanks!
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There are 18 KZG capacitors, 13 KZE, 4 KMG, 2 Nichicons, and 1 that I can't identify by brand.
KZG - 8) 1000uF 6.3V caps, 5) 3300uF 6.3V caps, 4) 1500uF 16V caps, 1) 470uf 16V cap,
KZE - 9) 470uF 10V caps, 4) 100uF 25V caps
KMG - 2) 470uF 6.3V caps, 1) 470uF 10V cap, 1) 100uF 16V cap
Nichicon - 2) 680uF 10V caps
Mystery Capacitor - 1) 1800uF 6.3V cap
1. What capacitor brands are currently known to work the best?
2. Should I replace all of the capacitors on the motherboard or just the damaged ones and the ones that are known to be poor quality? The motherboard only has 4 obviously vented capacitors.
3. I'm fairly new to buying capacitors online and when searching online stores for them there are usually a ton of filters that can be applied to a search. What are the most important filters to know? Can I get away with knowing just the capacitance, voltage rating, and physical dimensions, or do I need to know and match every other detail as well?
4. What wire gauge of solder works best?
Thanks!
Extended information
There are 18 KZG capacitors, 13 KZE, 4 KMG, 2 Nichicons, and 1 that I can't identify by brand.
KZG - 8) 1000uF 6.3V caps, 5) 3300uF 6.3V caps, 4) 1500uF 16V caps, 1) 470uf 16V cap,
KZE - 9) 470uF 10V caps, 4) 100uF 25V caps
KMG - 2) 470uF 6.3V caps, 1) 470uF 10V cap, 1) 100uF 16V cap
Nichicon - 2) 680uF 10V caps
Mystery Capacitor - 1) 1800uF 6.3V cap
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