Is recap needed?

[Misko78]

First i would like to say hello to everyone as this is my first post.

I bought recently Asus A7N266-VM board to build a office/internet rig for my father. This board is rev. 1.05 and it has Rubycon caps around NB,CPU and AGP and OST caps around SB and RAM.

Do i need to change OST caps, none of them have bulges but i have a problem with Primary IDE controller as it corrupts data, on secondary controller everything works fine, and should i change cap with some kind of a dent shown on a pic.

[stretch0069]

Re: Is recap needed?

First of all....Welcome aboard.

That one cap with the dent makes me wonder how it happened. Something fishy there. I'm not up on the Asus boards, but give a little time and the rest of the crew I'm sure will be of more assistance. The Rubys are good, not sure about the OST. There is a sticky hanging around in this part of the forum that you posted this thread. It has the low-down on caps.

On the IDE controller corrupting data.....hmmmm....only time I saw that was, seemingly, with a bad cable. I would try a new cable...not sure if thats an option for you.

Take heart though....the smart ones will be along shortly. All I do is

cheers.

[Misko78]

Re: Is recap needed?

First of all....Welcome aboard.

That one cap with the dent makes me wonder how it happened. Something fishy there. I'm not up on the Asus boards, but give a little time and the rest of the crew I'm sure will be of more assistance. The Rubys are good, not sure about the OST. There is a sticky hanging around in this part of the forum that you posted this thread. It has the low-down on caps.

It look like it was done by screwdriver or some tool, i bought this board with this "gift".

On the IDE controller corrupting data.....hmmmm....only time I saw that was, seemingly, with a bad cable. I would try a new cable...not sure if thats an option for you.

No it is not a bad cable, when i connect hdd and dvd-rom to secondary ide with that same cable everything works fine. I also checked all solder points of primary ide connector and everything looks ok.

Take heart though....the smart ones will be along shortly. All I do is

cheers.

lol, me too

[supersabre]

Re: Is recap needed?

My Asus A7V266-E also has some OST 6.3V 1000uF caps, none of them bulge but 2 of them (near southbridge, and DIMM) are leaking at the edge( white electroyte, so hard to see!!!) They even test good on dick ESR meter.

Once i replace them, the mobo can boot again.

[MD Willington]

Re: Is recap needed?

The Ruby's are probably still good, well maybe not the dented one, but I'd just go ahead &replace them all... I mean you'd already be doing a recap & it would probably only take a couple extra minutes. You'd also know that you're starting out with new components.