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    What About Recapping Existing Rubycons?

    I have a few KG7 boards that are still fully functional, but have the lesser MBZ/3300uF Rubycons installed in the VRM. The two big filter caps are Rubycon ZL/4700uF.

    The remainder are TEAPO which will be recapped without reservation. I'm just curious if the MBZ should also be replaced as a matter of course.
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    #2
    Re: What About Recapping Existing Rubycons?

    no.
    i have a client with over 100 of these in use.
    i have seen the teapos die but not the rubycons.

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      #3
      Re: What About Recapping Existing Rubycons?

      OMG!!!!!

      MBZ is THE capacitor that all other motherboard capacitor are compared to.
      Mann-Made Global Warming.
      - We should be more concerned about the Intellectual Climate.
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      Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
      - Dr Seuss
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      You can teach a man to fish and feed him for life, but if he can't handle sushi you must also teach him to cook.
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        #4
        Re: What About Recapping Existing Rubycons?

        Up until Polymer caps came out (and some other manufacturers caught up with Rubycon in their electrolytics) the MBZ series was THE best cap you could get.

        MBZ is an old series. Early on it was THE choice on high end server boards and they are STILL found in the VRM's on premium boards that haven't switched to polymer caps.

        MCZ is their 'replacement' and only came into being to compete with polymer market.

        Umm..
        NO, you don't replace MBZ "as a matter of course".
        You say: "Whew,,,, there's some I don't have to replace!"

        .
        Mann-Made Global Warming.
        - We should be more concerned about the Intellectual Climate.
        -
        Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
        - Dr Seuss
        -
        You can teach a man to fish and feed him for life, but if he can't handle sushi you must also teach him to cook.
        -

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          #5
          Re: What About Recapping Existing Rubycons?

          Thanks for the tips. I have several KG7 boards equipped with MBZ... evidently these are later model boards that ABit produced after they got the shit slapped out of them with class action suits over bad caps... All these KG7 work... but they have a ton of TEAPO in the smaller support caps. I will replace 470uF and higher, as I always do, and leave the MBZ alone (and say whew).

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