I am slowly getting ready to attempt my first recapping of a motherboard, it is an MSI K7T Turbo2. The only thing I'm waiting on is to buy a new soldering iron, I don't want to attempt this with my current cheapo Radio Shack iron that I hate. This board was dead when I bought it, got it for like a dollar on ebay, so if I can't revive it, I won't lose any sleep over it.
So, I am planning on using Panasonic FR caps for almost all of the capacitors (the obviously bad ones are G Luxons at 2700μF 6.3V, but I think I should replace all of them). But, the board has seven Teapo A3 1000μF 6.3V capacitors on it. I happen to have enough capacitors on hand to complete the job using either Nichicon HZ series or Nichicon L8 polymer series capacitors (both 1000μF 6.3V). So, since I have them on hand, I would like to save a little money and use them.
It seems like there is a bit of a debate on using polymer caps in place of wet electrolytics. Some say go down in voltage or capacitance, others say keep the specs the same unless installing near the VRM. I'm just really confused which would be the better choice. Should I use the Nichicon HZ's and save the L8's for another project, or for longevity's sake should I go ahead and put the L8's on the board?
Opinions, commentary, and advice would be greatly appreciated for this confused newbie. Thanks in advance.
Yours,
Justin
So, I am planning on using Panasonic FR caps for almost all of the capacitors (the obviously bad ones are G Luxons at 2700μF 6.3V, but I think I should replace all of them). But, the board has seven Teapo A3 1000μF 6.3V capacitors on it. I happen to have enough capacitors on hand to complete the job using either Nichicon HZ series or Nichicon L8 polymer series capacitors (both 1000μF 6.3V). So, since I have them on hand, I would like to save a little money and use them.
It seems like there is a bit of a debate on using polymer caps in place of wet electrolytics. Some say go down in voltage or capacitance, others say keep the specs the same unless installing near the VRM. I'm just really confused which would be the better choice. Should I use the Nichicon HZ's and save the L8's for another project, or for longevity's sake should I go ahead and put the L8's on the board?
Opinions, commentary, and advice would be greatly appreciated for this confused newbie. Thanks in advance.
Yours,
Justin
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