Hi,
I had been doing some research into recapping my old epox 8rda+.
It did show the obvious symptoms of bad GSC capacitors.
So, I did order enough to replace all GSC caps, leaving the good ones (Sanyo an d others) on the board.
It wasn't too easy to perform the repair, it sure did take me some time. Eventually, I got there.
Mounted the motherboard, and restarted the machine. The machine booted fine and works fine. Although, when I decided to play COD there seemed to be an issue; gameplay was slightly jerky. Movement of characters wasn't as smooth as it was before the repair. It's playable, but I can tell something is wrong.
I did notice during the procedure that I removed a cap (TEAPO 1500 6.3v) between the AGP and 1st PCI slot, which I shouldn't have removed. I soldered it back.
Well, even though I am glad the result was way better than for some other people who had bad luck of completely toasting their mo/bo, it still bothers me. You know, that little thing that keeps nagging at you constantly.
So, do you guys think a badly soldered cap or one damaged in the process could be the source of my problems?
Thanks for the input.
I had been doing some research into recapping my old epox 8rda+.
It did show the obvious symptoms of bad GSC capacitors.
So, I did order enough to replace all GSC caps, leaving the good ones (Sanyo an d others) on the board.
It wasn't too easy to perform the repair, it sure did take me some time. Eventually, I got there.
Mounted the motherboard, and restarted the machine. The machine booted fine and works fine. Although, when I decided to play COD there seemed to be an issue; gameplay was slightly jerky. Movement of characters wasn't as smooth as it was before the repair. It's playable, but I can tell something is wrong.
I did notice during the procedure that I removed a cap (TEAPO 1500 6.3v) between the AGP and 1st PCI slot, which I shouldn't have removed. I soldered it back.
Well, even though I am glad the result was way better than for some other people who had bad luck of completely toasting their mo/bo, it still bothers me. You know, that little thing that keeps nagging at you constantly.
So, do you guys think a badly soldered cap or one damaged in the process could be the source of my problems?
Thanks for the input.
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