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  • Oerg866
    Senior Member
    • Nov 2009
    • 61
    #1

    Should I recap Bestec?

    Hi. I have bought a HP PC in 2007 and since then I had thrown out board, CPU, graphics, etc.

    Right now the only thing in it that's from the original setup are the case and the PSU.

    The PSU is a Bestec and to be honest I had not experienced any trouble with that thing as the computer runs fine and I do tons of LAN gaming with it.

    Should I look in it though and recap it or is it not such an emergency?

    Cheers
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    • c_hegge
      Badcaps Legend
      • Sep 2009
      • 5219
      • Australia
      #2
      Re: Should I recap Bestec?

      Depends on the model. If it is an ATX-250-12E, dump it as that model has flaws in its 5vsb rail which cause it to overshoot 5 Volts after a few years use and fry the motherboard. If it's an ATX-___-12Z, it will be fine after a re-cap.
      I love putting bad caps and flat batteries in fire and watching them explode!!

      No wonder it doesn't work! You installed the jumper wires backwards

      Main PC: Core i7 3770K 3.5GHz, Gigabyte GA-Z77M-D3H-MVP, 8GB Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600, 240GB Intel 335 Series SSD, 750GB WD HDD, Sony Optiarc DVD RW, Palit nVidia GTX660 Ti, CoolerMaster N200 Case, Delta DPS-600MB 600W PSU, Hauppauge TV Tuner, Windows 7 Home Premium

      Office PC: HP ProLiant ML150 G3, 2x Xeon E5335 2GHz, 4GB DDR2 RAM, 120GB Intel 530 SSD, 2x 250GB HDD, 2x 450GB 15K SAS HDD in RAID 1, 1x 2TB HDD, nVidia 8400GS, Delta DPS-650BB 650W PSU, Windows 7 Pro

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        • Oerg866
          Senior Member
          • Nov 2009
          • 61
          #3
          Re: Should I recap Bestec?

          Thank you. I opened that bastard up and saw CapXon and Teapo. Enough reason for me to change them

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            • Oerg866
              Senior Member
              • Nov 2009
              • 61
              #4
              Re: Should I recap Bestec?

              Can I use 1500uF instead of 1000uF on one cap?

              Can I use 6.3V Rubycon MBZ instead of 10V 2200uF CapXon/TEAPO?

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                • POM_MJ
                  Badcaps Veteran
                  • Aug 2009
                  • 228
                  #5
                  Re: Should I recap Bestec?

                  Yes, I've done that on my bestec atx-300-12z => https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showpo...0&postcount=42
                  good result.
                  | AMD Phenom II X2 550BE | GIGABYTE GA-MA790FXT-UD5P | GeIL DDR3 Ultra 2x2GB 1600C7 |
                  | XFX GTS250 DDR3 512MB | Dell H525EF-00 | Lancool PC-K62 Black | Samsung 2232GW |
                  | 2xWD7500AYYS | 2xHD322GJ Raid0 |

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                    • Oerg866
                      Senior Member
                      • Nov 2009
                      • 61
                      #6
                      Re: Should I recap Bestec?

                      very good

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                        • Oerg866
                          Senior Member
                          • Nov 2009
                          • 61
                          #7
                          Re: Should I recap Bestec?

                          Alright, I did that and plugged it in (from good 5 meters distance s nothing explodes into my face X) - success for now the green light came on and now I have to test it. Hopefully it will work

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                            • POM_MJ
                              Badcaps Veteran
                              • Aug 2009
                              • 228
                              #8
                              Re: Should I recap Bestec?

                              Glad for that , I'd like to see a pic after recaps.
                              | AMD Phenom II X2 550BE | GIGABYTE GA-MA790FXT-UD5P | GeIL DDR3 Ultra 2x2GB 1600C7 |
                              | XFX GTS250 DDR3 512MB | Dell H525EF-00 | Lancool PC-K62 Black | Samsung 2232GW |
                              | 2xWD7500AYYS | 2xHD322GJ Raid0 |

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                                • Oerg866
                                  Senior Member
                                  • Nov 2009
                                  • 61
                                  #9
                                  Re: Should I recap Bestec?

                                  Yay it works

                                  You'll get pics tomorrow because I don't feel like opening the thing again right now =P

                                  It pretty much looks like your recap though

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