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  • sLowEnd
    Member
    • Aug 2008
    • 33

    #1

    What caps are these?



    How are they?
  • PCBONEZ
    Grumpy Old Fart
    • Aug 2005
    • 10661
    • USA

    #2
    Re: What caps are these?

    http://www.apaq.com.tw/
    Looks like 5K Series and EE series.
    No data sheets found but probably solid poly and I wouldn't worry about them.
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    • c_hegge
      Badcaps Legend
      • Sep 2009
      • 5219
      • Australia

      #3
      Re: What caps are these?

      Yup. Definately Apaq. They are polys, but only time will tell whether they are good polys.
      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

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      • PCBONEZ
        Grumpy Old Fart
        • Aug 2005
        • 10661
        • USA

        #4
        Re: What caps are these?

        I've never heard of a bad poly.
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        • mockingbird
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          • Dec 2008
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          #5
          Re: What caps are these?

          Which motherboard is that?

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          • Behemot
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            • Dec 2009
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            #6
            Re: What caps are these?

            Originally posted by PCBONEZ
            I've never heard of a bad poly.
            Fujitsu and Elite poly's are known for exploding under heavy conditions (overclocking on PSU's with bad caps). Trodas collected some examples here and on other sites too.
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            • c_hegge
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              • Sep 2009
              • 5219
              • Australia

              #7
              Re: What caps are these?

              kc8adu has also seen a few bad polys on boards.

              Originally posted by kc8adu
              I expect the cheap no name polys to fail early.
              the quality of materials is critical.
              already seen some shorted on an ecs board.
              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

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              • PCBONEZ
                Grumpy Old Fart
                • Aug 2005
                • 10661
                • USA

                #8
                Re: What caps are these?

                Originally posted by Behemot
                Fujitsu and Elite poly's are known for exploding under heavy conditions (overclocking on PSU's with bad caps). Trodas collected some examples here and on other sites too.
                The early Fujitsu Hybrid Polymers did have occasional problems but those aren't solid polymer.
                They were wet and their problem was moisture leaking IN.

                As to your thread try reading it.
                The only bad polys there were blown by a bad PSU. It says so.
                Last edited by PCBONEZ; 08-16-2010, 07:16 AM.
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                • PCBONEZ
                  Grumpy Old Fart
                  • Aug 2005
                  • 10661
                  • USA

                  #9
                  Re: What caps are these?

                  Originally posted by c_hegge
                  kc8adu has also seen a few bad polys on boards.
                  What do you expect. - He works on industrial equipment.
                  Factory/machine shop conditions can blow any cap especially when morons block vents let chips and other crap into the mobo bay.

                  I haven't seen a 'bad brand' of poly caps. - None.

                  Lytics fail because they are full of liquid that undergoes chemical reactions usually by reacting with impurities in the aluminum.

                  Solid Polymers got no liquid.
                  Same failure modes -> can't happen.

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                  • sLowEnd
                    Member
                    • Aug 2008
                    • 33

                    #10
                    Re: What caps are these?

                    Thanks Bonez

                    Originally posted by mockingbird
                    Which motherboard is that?
                    Asus M4N75TD

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