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  • japlytic
    Badcaps Legend
    • Oct 2005
    • 2086
    • Australia

    #1

    Caps in my computer

    About two weeks ago, I decided to check the electrolytics in my system.

    * An Asus A9600XT video card with Sanyo electrolytics. It once gave a false core voltage reading, and is now fixed - perhaps from reseating the card?

    * An AVerMedia satellite tuner with CapXon electrolytics which were still good, used in the DC-DC step-up converter for the LNB voltages.

    * A Twinhan digital TV card with "REC" brand capacitors (most likely to be general purpose, but were not causing any trouble at all.

    * On the P4P800 Deluxe board, there were Nippon Chemi-Con capacitors near the CPU, with a few OST units, and a few GSC units (Fortunately not used near the CPU, but were used for bypassing, and probably used for audio as well).

    The power supply (LC-B400ATX) is mentioned elsewhere.

    How good are the capacitors in your computer?
    My first choice in quality Japanese electrolytics is Nippon Chemi-Con, which has been in business since 1931... the quality of electronics is dependent on the quality of the electrolytics.
  • Chris1992
    Badcaps Veteran
    • Apr 2005
    • 561

    #2
    Re: Caps in my computer

    My system:
    GeForce FX5200: Sanyo lytics, with one Skywell 510uF 4v.
    Dell Dimension 8300 board: Rubycon, Nichicon, Chemicon, with a few Fujitsu RE.
    Creative emu10k1: small G-Luxon.

    Systems I'm responsible for:
    4x HP Brio PC uATX: Chemicon and some other brand I don't remember.
    2x Asus P4B533: Chemicon and Rubycon, with some OST.
    The great capacitor showdown!

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    • Topcat
      The Boss Stooge
      • Oct 2003
      • 16955
      • United States

      #3
      Re: Caps in my computer

      OST's are crap, period. Shame on Asus for using them. I have a an Asus P4C800 (I think thats it) sitting at the shop packed with bad OST's.

      My personal system:
      Supermicro X5DAL-TG2 - All Sanyo/Nippon caps!
      ATI 9800 AIW Retail - I never really looked at it, but the original ATI retails are well built.
      Zippy Double redundant 800W PSU - Never had it apart, so I dont know. I'll make a note of it next time I dust out the system. Zippy makes a kick ass PSU, so they can't be too bad.
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      • Newbie2
        Badcaps Veteran
        • Sep 2005
        • 885
        • Canada

        #4
        Re: Caps in my computer

        Originally posted by japlytic
        About two weeks ago, I decided to check the electrolytics in my system.

        * An Asus A9600XT video card with Sanyo electrolytics. It once gave a false core voltage reading, and is now fixed - perhaps from reseating the card?

        * An AVerMedia satellite tuner with CapXon electrolytics which were still good, used in the DC-DC step-up converter for the LNB voltages.

        * A Twinhan digital TV card with "REC" brand capacitors (most likely to be general purpose, but were not causing any trouble at all.

        * On the P4P800 Deluxe board, there were Nippon Chemi-Con capacitors near the CPU, with a few OST units, and a few GSC units (Fortunately not used near the CPU, but were used for bypassing, and probably used for audio as well).

        The power supply (LC-B400ATX) is mentioned elsewhere.

        How good are the capacitors in your computer?
        L&C LC-B400ATX? Those are bad 400W power supplies! Look at the very low-quality internals of one:



        The capacitors in my system? Here they are:

        PCCHIPS M955G Motherboard: All caps are made by OST, still not one bad!
        Enermax 300W PSU: All caps are made by PCE-TUR, still not one bad!
        XFX FX 5500 Video Card: One Sanyo OS-CON, rest Evercon caps, still not one bad!
        5-Port USB 2.0 PCI Card: All caps are generic, still not one bad!
        My gaming PC:
        AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition 3.3GHz Six-Core CPU (Socket AM3)
        ASUS M4A77TD AMD 770 AM3 Motherboard
        PowerColor AMD Radeon RX 480 8GB GDDR5 PCI-Express x16 3.0 Graphics Card
        G.SKILL Value Series 16GB DDR3-1333 RAM (4x4GB dual channel)
        TOSHIBA DT01ACA200 2TB 3.5" SATA HDD (x2)
        WD Caviar Green WD20EARX 2TB 3.5" SATA HDD
        ASUS Xonar DG 5.1 Channel PCI sound card
        Antec HCG-750M 750W ATX12V v2.32 80 PLUS BRONZE Power Supply
        Antec Three Hundred Mid-Tower Case
        Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
        Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit

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        • Chris1992
          Badcaps Veteran
          • Apr 2005
          • 561

          #5
          Re: Caps in my computer

          Newbie2, can you post some pics of PCE-TUR caps? We don't have any on the forum IIRC.
          The great capacitor showdown!

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          • yanz
            Badcaps Veteran
            • Nov 2004
            • 910

            #6
            Re: Caps in my computer

            PCE-TUR?

            i remember saw it on a monstrous PCp&C psu. i'll dig for some pics.
            Last edited by yanz; 11-15-2005, 07:10 AM.
            days are so short when you actually do something..

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            • yanz
              Badcaps Veteran
              • Nov 2004
              • 910

              #7
              Re: Caps in my computer

              here it is..

              a user (Electron Chaser) on ocforums has modified this big wtx psu into atx psu..

              full story: http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=347137
              the caps: http://www.ocforums.com/showpost.php...1&postcount=96





              perhaps 10000uF is more than enough
              Attached Files
              days are so short when you actually do something..

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              • kc8adu
                Super Moderator
                • Nov 2003
                • 8832
                • U.S.A!

                #8
                Re: Caps in my computer

                looks like jpcon.

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                • Chris1992
                  Badcaps Veteran
                  • Apr 2005
                  • 561

                  #9
                  Re: Caps in my computer

                  looks like the P is a J and P stuck together.
                  The great capacitor showdown!

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                  • Newbie2
                    Badcaps Veteran
                    • Sep 2005
                    • 885
                    • Canada

                    #10
                    Re: Caps in my computer

                    I now have two guys who use crappy PCE-TUR capacitors, Enermax and PC Power & Cooling! I have saw some PCE-TUR caps in a Bestec PSU, so that makes three!
                    Last edited by Newbie2; 11-19-2005, 11:00 AM.
                    My gaming PC:
                    AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition 3.3GHz Six-Core CPU (Socket AM3)
                    ASUS M4A77TD AMD 770 AM3 Motherboard
                    PowerColor AMD Radeon RX 480 8GB GDDR5 PCI-Express x16 3.0 Graphics Card
                    G.SKILL Value Series 16GB DDR3-1333 RAM (4x4GB dual channel)
                    TOSHIBA DT01ACA200 2TB 3.5" SATA HDD (x2)
                    WD Caviar Green WD20EARX 2TB 3.5" SATA HDD
                    ASUS Xonar DG 5.1 Channel PCI sound card
                    Antec HCG-750M 750W ATX12V v2.32 80 PLUS BRONZE Power Supply
                    Antec Three Hundred Mid-Tower Case
                    Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
                    Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit

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                    • Rainbow
                      Badcaps Legend
                      • Aug 2005
                      • 1371

                      #11
                      Re: Caps in my computer

                      I've checked caps in my PC today:
                      Asus P2B board - Rubycon and Sanyo
                      PowerColor AR2L Radeon 9100 - Panasonic through-hole and unknown SMD caps
                      DTK PTP-3007 PSU - CapXon (the big ones), G-Luxon (outpout filtering) and those (J)PCE-TUR (some of the other) - no problems with any of them - I like these PSUs as the construction is good and fan quiet
                      (anyone seen bad (J)PCE-TUR cap?)

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                      • Spacedye69
                        Badcaps Veteran
                        • Nov 2005
                        • 698
                        • US

                        #12
                        Re: Caps in my computer

                        Compaq Asus Scket 462 mobo OST
                        MS6191 slot a Rubycon
                        EP8KTA3 GSC 6 are bulging-flaky mobo
                        A&V333 liitle OST and big Nichicon HM(M) in vrm- no post, beep, nothing
                        FX5200 GPU G-Luxor

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                        • kc8adu
                          Super Moderator
                          • Nov 2003
                          • 8832
                          • U.S.A!

                          #13
                          Re: Caps in my computer

                          Originally posted by Rainbow
                          I've checked caps in my PC today:
                          Asus P2B board - Rubycon and Sanyo
                          PowerColor AR2L Radeon 9100 - Panasonic through-hole and unknown SMD caps
                          DTK PTP-3007 PSU - CapXon (the big ones), G-Luxon (outpout filtering) and those (J)PCE-TUR (some of the other) - no problems with any of them - I like these PSUs as the construction is good and fan quiet
                          (anyone seen bad (J)PCE-TUR cap?)
                          i have seen plenty.
                          found several exploded in an a power(crap) psu.
                          looks like the vent wasnt stamped right so they blew their bottoms out.

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                          • incapacitance
                            Member
                            • Jan 2006
                            • 29

                            #14
                            Re: Caps in my computer

                            Originally posted by yanz
                            PCE-TUR?

                            i remember saw it on a monstrous PCp&C psu. i'll dig for some pics.
                            Wait, so even PCP&C uses bad caps? This is insane...

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                            • Chris1992
                              Badcaps Veteran
                              • Apr 2005
                              • 561

                              #15
                              Re: Caps in my computer

                              My secondary box:
                              Chemicon KZE 1200@16 for VRM input
                              Rubycon MBZ 3300@6.3 for VRM output
                              one GSC 680@6.3 for audio
                              Chemicon TMZ 1000@6.3 all over
                              The great capacitor showdown!

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                              • banimal
                                New Member
                                • Feb 2011
                                • 3

                                #16
                                Re: Caps in my computer

                                I have a xfx motherboard that was frying video cards right and left. I have looked at all the caps and I don't see any that look bad how can I test them , none of then are bloated or leaking.....

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                                • toastygoodness
                                  Badcaps Veteran
                                  • Jul 2005
                                  • 813
                                  • United States

                                  #17
                                  Re: Caps in my computer

                                  sounds like its your power supply rather than your motherboard.

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