Abit or MSI

[lemarv]

hi there, i'm a newbie to the forums....

had an EPox 8k5a board that recently died..... tried to RMA it but it will
cost more or less $30 for the shipping.... having a very hard time looking
for suppliers of low esr caps here in the Philippines....

Which board would you guys recommend? I was thinking or replacing
my 8k5a with an Abit KD7A or a MSI KT4AV or an Asus A7V8X-X?

What do you guys think? ....

regards to all,

[willawake]

you can get Panasonic FC caps at the following site
http://www.rsphilippines.com

If you are asking which board will have good caps, i would say that it is more likely for the abit to have good caps but please check first.

[lemarv]

willawake...... awesome site....., man, how'd i'd miss that site.... thank you
very much..... hmmm, now i can repair my board......

this place rocks........ 8)

[stretch0069]

:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

[willawake]

:?: :?: :?: :?: :?: :?: :?: :?:

[lemarv]

EPoX 8K5A - Recapped

just recapped my EPoX 8k5a board with panasonic FC caps and rubycon ZL caps, hope everything works fine..... removed a total of 24 GSC caps on my mobo.... thank you to willawake for providing the site of RS-Philippines, got my parts from them.....

kudos to this site.......

[willawake]

nice one Lemarv, hope it is working nice now. You gonna post some pics?

[willawake]

test

[lemarv]

my brother has re-built my computer system now ( cause i'm away on another island )..... with the motherboard i refurbished..... systems are all ok, started without any fault, hope the whole unit will have no more troubles since the capacitors have been replaced....

my first successful board recap.....

[stretch0069]

:?: :?: :?: :?: :?: :?: :?: :?:

lemarv is where I want to be.

[willawake]

if it posts and works, it is gonna work forever no worries.

[lemarv]

unit has been running stable for 72 hours straight now, as per my brother,
i'll posts some pics as soon as i get back from my business trip......

[yanz]

those GSC on 8k3a/8k7a/8rdax are suck!...

FC cap is good, but i can only find 3300uF and 100ouF here in indonesia..
(looking for 2200uf and 1500uf 10/8mm 6.3/10/16v)

[lemarv]

my 8k5a mboard is still rock solid up to this time.....
yanz, try sourcing the caps at rs-components singapore..... there is a listing for indonesia but it is redirected to singapore..........

regards,

[yanz]

ok, thanks lemarv