OK here is the story behind how i recived this mobo. I've been looking for an upgraded intel motherboard for the crap D865hgvz intel board that came on this supper cheap emachine. After looking all over at specs for different motherboards I just decided to stick with an intel based board to avoid any problems. Funny enough i even caught a mention of badcaps.net forum in a review of an ECS motherboard on new egg which made me want to stay away from any other brands. I did the ebay thing and what do i pull out when the UPS guy shows up. A d865glc that smelled like my microwave after burning a bunch of popcorn. The entire row of 820uf 6.3v Nichicon HN caps along the HSF clip had blow like prepubecent pimples(i know about the problem now with Nichicon HN's ). The other two 820uf 6.3v Nichicon HN caps both show serious bulging. I also have a 470uf 10v Nichicon cap right next to the APG slot busted open almost like it had been pierced while this guy was trying to install an APG card. I dont know if that started the downward sprial of this mobo or what but I'm going to try to recap it for the simple fact that when i confronted the guy by calling him at the phone number on the ups package (that happen to be his work) he quickly refunded my money even the shipping. So i have a free dead board that I'm going to attempt my first recapping. I figure all I'm out is the couple of bucks for new caps. I'm getting some Rubycon's for the Nichicon HN 820's and a sanyo for the cap next to the apg slot. there is one other piece of the board that worries me and i have no idea what it is so I'm including a picture of it so you guys can tell me what it is and how to go about replacing it since i see a lot of flux residue around it and figure it was taken out by the surging power when this board failed. Its in the third and first pictures and is a black box with two leads on the PCB and one short stubby one in the center located right next to the agp release. Thanks for any help or advice you can give.
John
John
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