Hi,
I'm new here and still learning. My son's PC was acting up so I popped the hood and spotted a bad cap near the CPU (P4 3.4 GHz MSI MB).
Proud of my diagnostic skills I ordered replacement caps from an online seller advertising "Chemi-Con is the first class capacitor made in Japan.
KY Series Minimize ESR 6.3V 3300UF Capacitor Grade A monitor, Motherboard or power supplies high-frequency low-impedance electrolytic capacitors". Sounded like the perfect thing for me. I even checked some websites claiming Chemi-Con is good.
When I got the caps in the mail they looked awfully similar to the one that popped. Sure enough the defective one is UCC KZG and the ones I got are UCC KY. Now, I did dig deeper and looks like KY have higher ESR. I'm not sure if they will work in place of KZG. Should I try?
Is there something else to protect the caps from the heat of nearby CPU heatsink? The case has plenty of ventilation otherwise.
Many thanks!
I'm new here and still learning. My son's PC was acting up so I popped the hood and spotted a bad cap near the CPU (P4 3.4 GHz MSI MB).
Proud of my diagnostic skills I ordered replacement caps from an online seller advertising "Chemi-Con is the first class capacitor made in Japan.
KY Series Minimize ESR 6.3V 3300UF Capacitor Grade A monitor, Motherboard or power supplies high-frequency low-impedance electrolytic capacitors". Sounded like the perfect thing for me. I even checked some websites claiming Chemi-Con is good.
When I got the caps in the mail they looked awfully similar to the one that popped. Sure enough the defective one is UCC KZG and the ones I got are UCC KY. Now, I did dig deeper and looks like KY have higher ESR. I'm not sure if they will work in place of KZG. Should I try?
Is there something else to protect the caps from the heat of nearby CPU heatsink? The case has plenty of ventilation otherwise.
Many thanks!
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