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  • c_hegge
    Badcaps Legend
    • Sep 2009
    • 5219
    • Australia
    #1

    What should I do with these?

    I was recently given an ageing PC with a faulty motherboard and a few missing components. I decided that the motherboard wasn't worth repairing, so I salvaged some parts off it (nothbridge heatsink, clips, caps, sockets, switches, etc).

    My question is what should I do with the caps? The VRM in has Nichicon HD, VRM out has Ruby MBZ and the small 1000uFs are Ruby YXG. They all have 2001 date codes. Should I re-use them since they are reliable brand or just get rid of them because of their age?

    PS. I don't have an ESR or capacitance meter or much cash to buy one with, so I have no means of testing them.
    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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    • everell
      Badcaps Legend
      • Jan 2009
      • 1514
      • USA
      #2
      Re: What should I do with these?

      One of the biggest problems with electronics equipment aging is bad capacitors which have bad chemistry. Like an aging marriage, bad chemistry leads to serious problems!
      Old proverb say.........If you shoot at nothing, you will hit nothing (George Henry 10-14-11)

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        • i4004
          Badcaps Legend
          • Oct 2006
          • 2029
          #3
          Re: What should I do with these?

          well, at certain time you'll probbly have esr meter, so keep them, if nothing to see how does aging affect them....
          but chances are these caps are ok.
          and will be ok for some time.
          and when they start going bad just reform them.
          so overall it's a nice experiment once you own the esr meter.
          (you can compare them with new ones of same type etc.)
          Last edited by i4004; 01-01-2010, 10:24 AM.

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            • stj
              Great Sage 齊天大聖
              • Dec 2009
              • 30979
              • Albion
              #4
              Re: What should I do with these?

              or they may have dried up with age - even the best have a lifespan.

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                • NxB
                  Badcaps Legend
                  • Feb 2009
                  • 1595
                  #5
                  Re: What should I do with these?

                  Depends on why the mobo broke. I reuse caps all the time of lower quality. Just don't do it in something you put a warranty on or you will have headaches. Being poor its usually better reusing than spending money on old stuff.

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                    • i4004
                      Badcaps Legend
                      • Oct 2006
                      • 2029
                      #6
                      Re: What should I do with these?

                      >or they may have dried up with age - even the best have a lifespan.

                      yeah, but that is probably about 40 years....

                      ie, you have vintage gear restorers that just reform some mighty old caps and they work again.
                      offcourse, if they fail to reform them prior to using them, they go bang!

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                        • c_hegge
                          Badcaps Legend
                          • Sep 2009
                          • 5219
                          • Australia
                          #7
                          Re: What should I do with these?

                          I'll keep them in my stash of 2nd hand caps. I've used 2nd hand caps before, but not this old. The problem with the motherboard was that when you press the power button (or short the pins) it would power on, POST and then trun off again. I tried other PSU to no avail.
                          Last edited by c_hegge; 01-01-2010, 03:39 PM.
                          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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