ABIT VP6

brainscan · 02-02-2005, 04:34 PM

Hi from Portugal,
i have here with me an ABIT VP6, it has badcaps too, but i found something that worries me :cry:
near the second socket (close to AGP) there some mini-component missing (i guess) and is identified with BC130, your VP6 boards have something soldiered there?...
i guess in my board that component have been blown...

thanks,
NBA

PS: Great Forum

bushytails · 02-02-2005, 05:35 PM

Many boards are "missing" components... they're options that your board doesn't have, revisions that were made after the first version of the board, parts that they decided weren't actually needed, either-or decisions not finalized at design time, etc...

Does it look like anything was ever soldered there? If there's broken leads or something, then the board was probably damaged... but if it's smooth solder pads, it was probably never there, and if the board ever worked, you know it's fine... and, of course, if it has bad caps, chances are it worked at one time..

--Randy

brainscan · 02-02-2005, 05:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bushytails

Many boards are "missing" components... they're options that your board doesn't have, revisions that were made after the first version of the board, parts that they decided weren't actually needed, either-or decisions not finalized at design time, etc...

Does it look like anything was ever soldered there? If there's broken leads or something, then the board was probably damaged... but if it's smooth solder pads, it was probably never there, and if the board ever worked, you know it's fine... and, of course, if it has bad caps, chances are it worked at one time..

--Randy

hmmm...
i think is not just "solder pads" :o , looking very closely seems that had been there something soldiered...
well the board was given to me from a friend of mine, because it gave him some boot problems and it locks some times...
now i was going to buy some capacitors because the ones that are on the board are little 'bulge'... but now that i have found that missing "thing" i don't know if i should or not spend time and money recovering this board...
so... someone here with VP6 could confirm that a little box identified "BC130" that is locate between the 2º cpu socket and AGP slot is something soldiered there?....
if yes... weel... i guess the board is dead...

if not... i'm going to buy new capacitors...

thanks,
nba

Topcat · 02-03-2005, 12:18 AM

if it was by the CPU socket clasps, there's some surface mount caps that are frequently knocked off my installing and removing heatsinks. If the board still POST's up, consider yourself lucky. I've seen VP6's with these components missing work, and not work. Unless you can get the whitepapers for the motherboard, or a salvage VP6 to scavenge from, it won't be easy to replace them as far as getting the proper value.

wigyori · 02-03-2005, 11:23 PM

I think that telling the revision number of the board would help a bit.

üwü

brainscan · 02-04-2005, 04:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wigyori

I think that telling the revision number of the board would help a bit.

üwü

Hi!
The board has V1.0 printed in the label along with a serial number...
i guess that will not help too much :?

thanks anyway for asking...
nba

SomeBiker · 05-18-2005, 02:42 PM

On my V1.0 VP6 board, BC130 is the same as BC127 next to it, and BC131.
There is something in it.

HTH!