I've got around 30 of these computers and have re-capped around 8 so far as I've needed them, and everything has been working great so far. I'm not doing a full re-cap, as there is definitely just a problem area with heat on the board, but I am replacing all 15 of the one particular brand/value of cap.
The board in the picture is done. I've marked the caps that have been replaced with blue dots. I know, again, not the greatest picture, but this is just to show locations of parts.
The three caps right behind the north bridge have been the problem area, and sometimes the one loaner right below them near the south bridge.
These computers have been running cool, to the touch and if you open one the air inside doesn't feel hot like some do, but before and after working on them the north bridge (heatsink'd) and south bridge (not heatsink'd) are too hot to touch. This makes the three caps behind the north bridge (getting a nice hot air draft from over the CPU and north bridge almost too hot to touch -- obviously the problem in the first place.
The originals were OST 6.3v 1000uf, and I've been replacing them with 10v 1000uf KZE's that match specs otherwise.
I can see this being a problem (again) down the road, but not sure whether I should keep going with these or find a different solution.
I installed the two caps by the PCI section laying flat to avoid clearance issues with expansion cards, as the replacements were taller than the originals.
The board in the picture is done. I've marked the caps that have been replaced with blue dots. I know, again, not the greatest picture, but this is just to show locations of parts.
The three caps right behind the north bridge have been the problem area, and sometimes the one loaner right below them near the south bridge.
These computers have been running cool, to the touch and if you open one the air inside doesn't feel hot like some do, but before and after working on them the north bridge (heatsink'd) and south bridge (not heatsink'd) are too hot to touch. This makes the three caps behind the north bridge (getting a nice hot air draft from over the CPU and north bridge almost too hot to touch -- obviously the problem in the first place.
The originals were OST 6.3v 1000uf, and I've been replacing them with 10v 1000uf KZE's that match specs otherwise.
I can see this being a problem (again) down the road, but not sure whether I should keep going with these or find a different solution.
I installed the two caps by the PCI section laying flat to avoid clearance issues with expansion cards, as the replacements were taller than the originals.
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