Need Board Re-Capped

[rdnzl]

I submitted a request through the online form. Just wanted to be sure this service was still being offered. It's a V66LTS-X2 mobo from a Hitachi VisionDesk 2600 series all-in-one computer. The tall 6.3V caps are toast. Others smaller caps look fine, though they are mostly from the same company (YEC?).

Thanks for any help. I really appreciate this site. I doubt I would have ever thought of checking the capacitors.

[kc8adu]

i can recap your board and so can topcat.
where are you?

[kc8adu]

it would be helpful to post pics of the board and caps.
i woulda thought hitachi would use better parts!
wonder who the oem is?

[rdnzl]

I'm in Cleveland, OH. Sorry for the late post. The rest of the computer is really nice - large flat panel monitor...it's just the bad caps!

Pic 1. Shows some of the bad caps.
Pic 2. Shows more of the board.

If you'd like any more pics or detailed pics of something in particular on the board, let me know. There are 14 of the 6.3v/1500uf caps - as you can see from the pictures, several of them are bad. The smaller capacitors seem okay (even though they are from the same manufacturer).

A user from a different forum thought the mobo was an ACER. The ID on the board, V66LTS-X2, seems to suggest this, though I've not hit on any mention of this particular board anywhere.

Thanks for your help, kc8adu. I would like to get this board re-capped.

[Topcat]

Ohh hell, you guys are neighbors!! 'YEC' branded caps are another to add to the list! I've never heard of that brand.

[kc8adu]

yec caps were crap in the 80's
if you saw all the ones i replaced in uniden cb's and sat recievers you would understand.
replaced a bunch of yec caps in ibm netvista thin clients recently too.
btw i am in the dayton area.