Forum: Troubleshooting Desktop Motherboards, Graphics Cards, and PC Peripherals
09-07-2018, 03:46 PM
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Replies: 28
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Re: Unknown Motherboard Recapping
Congrats on the repair! Good to hear it's all working again. :smile:
It's not that bad at all for a first recap. :)
Indeed these motherboards can be very tough sometimes. Yours appears to have...
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Forum: Troubleshooting Desktop Motherboards, Graphics Cards, and PC Peripherals
08-24-2018, 12:57 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 4,313
Re: Unknown Motherboard Recapping
You'll be alright. ;) Just make sure you have a soldering iron that is powerful enough. If it's a regular plug-in type of iron without any temperature control, make sure it is rated for at least 60...
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Forum: Troubleshooting Desktop Motherboards, Graphics Cards, and PC Peripherals
08-23-2018, 07:33 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 4,313
Re: Unknown Motherboard Recapping
If the BIOS looks pretty plain / lacks over-clocking/tuning options, it might just still be an Acer board. Maybe TD or whoever got a bunch of these as overstock from Acer and put their own BIOS onto...
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Forum: Troubleshooting Desktop Motherboards, Graphics Cards, and PC Peripherals
08-22-2018, 04:38 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 4,313
Re: Unknown Motherboard Recapping
If keeping the OS is important to you, then just recap this motherboard rather than buying an exact replacement.
The problem with exact replacement is that it will likely have the same problems in...
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Forum: Troubleshooting Desktop Motherboards, Graphics Cards, and PC Peripherals
08-21-2018, 02:34 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 4,313
Re: Unknown Motherboard Recapping
The "M" inside a box is Matsushita's logo - i.e. Panasonic. FL indicates the series. So you have Panasonic FL caps. These caps are of really high quality - one of the best you can find. So indeed...
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Forum: Troubleshooting Desktop Motherboards, Graphics Cards, and PC Peripherals
08-21-2018, 12:14 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 4,313
Re: Unknown Motherboard Recapping
Can you tell us what is written on the old (bulged) caps - i.e. name/brand, series (typically a 2-3 letters), Voltage (V), capacitance (uF), and physical size (diameter x height in mm). Most of the...
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