SNAP! goes my nv7600 video card
While I was reading Badcaps.net posts I heard "SNAP!"
I looked around my chair because I have several little electronic thingys beside me that could fail like that. At first I thought it might be the old ATT 2 line answering machine that I've already replaced the filter caps on a couple times. Could be the recapped Dimension XPS I use all the time. So lets open it up a look. No bad caps on the board. I couldn't see the component side of the video card so I felt around for crusty or budging caps.... It felt WET!
My EVGA AGP nv7600! I don't have a replacement AGP card. Since it was still working when it snapped, I put it back in. I don't have the right replacement caps. I'll have to keep using it till I can come up with a plan of action. Soon I hope.
I don't usually choose EVGA products (for problems like this) but it was nearly free.
Here's a pic.
The two little ones look like they popped some time ago. The big one is fresh and wet.
I looked around my chair because I have several little electronic thingys beside me that could fail like that. At first I thought it might be the old ATT 2 line answering machine that I've already replaced the filter caps on a couple times. Could be the recapped Dimension XPS I use all the time. So lets open it up a look. No bad caps on the board. I couldn't see the component side of the video card so I felt around for crusty or budging caps.... It felt WET!
My EVGA AGP nv7600! I don't have a replacement AGP card. Since it was still working when it snapped, I put it back in. I don't have the right replacement caps. I'll have to keep using it till I can come up with a plan of action. Soon I hope.
I don't usually choose EVGA products (for problems like this) but it was nearly free.
Here's a pic.
The two little ones look like they popped some time ago. The big one is fresh and wet.
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