I just recently got an MSI 848P Neo-V board, that I was planning to use as a basis for a P4 retro PC (due to a competent BIOS in terms of handling IRQs and PCI DMA through DDMA), and as soon as I got it I noticed that most of the caps had started bulging, no visible leaks though. The board POSTs perfectly fine, but I really don't feel like using it for any length of time with clearly bad caps.
I have never (I know, I'm ashamed to admit it as a lover of old PC hardware) re-capped a board, and it's all a bit overwhelming. What I have done is find out what caps are on the board;
Yellow: 13x1000uF, 6.3V (Teapo, SM series?) - all of them bulging
Blue: 3x1500uF 6.3V (OST, RLX series) - one of them bulging
Green: 5x3300uF 6.3V (OST, unknown series - can't see any markings) - none bulging
Black: 4x1500uF 16V (United Chemi-Con, KZG series) - none bulging
Plus 2 100uF 16V caps of unknown make - due to their size I'm not really looking to replace them though.
And I've ordered a few replacements (only for the series' bulging so far, i.e. the ones marked in yellow and blue), what I didn't consider at the time of ordering was the ESR values. I don't have equipment (planning on handing it over to a local repair shop experienced in computer solder work, they don't supply their own caps though) to measure it, and therefore ordered caps I thought would be an ok replacement. I'd love some thoughts (and potential replacements for the ones marked in green and black) - unfortunately it's not too easy to find good suppliers here in Sweden, so I'll throw the main options I've found out there!
Replacements;
Yellow: 13x1000uF 6.3V (Nichicon, VZ Series - UVZ0J102MPD) - ordered and received
Blue: 3x1500uF 6.3V (Rubycon, ZL Series) - ordered and received
Green: 5x3300uF 6.3V (Nichicon, VZ Series - UVZ0J332MPD) - not ordered yet
Black: 4x1500uF 16V (Nichicon, PW Series UPW1C152MHD) - not ordered yet
Are these decent options? (I know the Rubycon ZL's should be, as I've seen them mentioned in a ton of places here. ^^) If not, any suggestions on alternatives, preferably available from a Swedish/Scandinavian supplier? I'd of course prefer to use the VZs I've received if at all possible, as well.
I'm not looking to push the 3GHz Prescott higher than stock in terms of clocks and voltage, and I'm planning on using 2xCorsair CMX512-4400C25 (specced at 2.75V), an FX5700 (again, stock specs) and a couple of PCI cards.
Using a known working (albeit not a high quality - might replace it soon) Corsair CX400 with low mileage to run it.
Thanks a LOT in advance for any input!
/Chris
I have never (I know, I'm ashamed to admit it as a lover of old PC hardware) re-capped a board, and it's all a bit overwhelming. What I have done is find out what caps are on the board;
Yellow: 13x1000uF, 6.3V (Teapo, SM series?) - all of them bulging
Blue: 3x1500uF 6.3V (OST, RLX series) - one of them bulging
Green: 5x3300uF 6.3V (OST, unknown series - can't see any markings) - none bulging
Black: 4x1500uF 16V (United Chemi-Con, KZG series) - none bulging
Plus 2 100uF 16V caps of unknown make - due to their size I'm not really looking to replace them though.
And I've ordered a few replacements (only for the series' bulging so far, i.e. the ones marked in yellow and blue), what I didn't consider at the time of ordering was the ESR values. I don't have equipment (planning on handing it over to a local repair shop experienced in computer solder work, they don't supply their own caps though) to measure it, and therefore ordered caps I thought would be an ok replacement. I'd love some thoughts (and potential replacements for the ones marked in green and black) - unfortunately it's not too easy to find good suppliers here in Sweden, so I'll throw the main options I've found out there!
Replacements;
Yellow: 13x1000uF 6.3V (Nichicon, VZ Series - UVZ0J102MPD) - ordered and received
Blue: 3x1500uF 6.3V (Rubycon, ZL Series) - ordered and received
Green: 5x3300uF 6.3V (Nichicon, VZ Series - UVZ0J332MPD) - not ordered yet
Black: 4x1500uF 16V (Nichicon, PW Series UPW1C152MHD) - not ordered yet
Are these decent options? (I know the Rubycon ZL's should be, as I've seen them mentioned in a ton of places here. ^^) If not, any suggestions on alternatives, preferably available from a Swedish/Scandinavian supplier? I'd of course prefer to use the VZs I've received if at all possible, as well.
I'm not looking to push the 3GHz Prescott higher than stock in terms of clocks and voltage, and I'm planning on using 2xCorsair CMX512-4400C25 (specced at 2.75V), an FX5700 (again, stock specs) and a couple of PCI cards.
Using a known working (albeit not a high quality - might replace it soon) Corsair CX400 with low mileage to run it.
Thanks a LOT in advance for any input!
/Chris
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