Hi,
I have a bad Nichicon HM(M) capacitor on my Dell Dimension 3000's motherboard. I'd like to replace it but I've never soldered before and don't even know how to recap, it looks like you just heat up the solder, remove the cap, and install the new cap, cut the leads short and solder it down after checking that the polarity it correct. I am 13, I know a lot about computers and the hardware it self. The date code on the cap is an 05 date code. I cannot find anyone on here with a Dell Dimension 3000 with a bad cap! Am I the only one with a bad cap on a 3000? LOL I'm thinking of replacing it with a Rubycon MCZ or MBZ. I noticed the cap starting to bulge when I started putting it on sleep. Can sleep mode really kill the capacitors? I have an HP Pavilion a420n with all OST, Ltec, and UCC KZE capacitors and not one of them are bad, it goes to sleep all the time like the 3000, I am using the 3000 to post this, it's still as stable as a rock like it always was, if you want pictures I will post pics, the capacitor is leaking. Would I be able to just de-solder the Nichicon and continue using the computer without the cap? I use it in my bedroom as an HTPC.
Thanks,
Austin Cox
I have a bad Nichicon HM(M) capacitor on my Dell Dimension 3000's motherboard. I'd like to replace it but I've never soldered before and don't even know how to recap, it looks like you just heat up the solder, remove the cap, and install the new cap, cut the leads short and solder it down after checking that the polarity it correct. I am 13, I know a lot about computers and the hardware it self. The date code on the cap is an 05 date code. I cannot find anyone on here with a Dell Dimension 3000 with a bad cap! Am I the only one with a bad cap on a 3000? LOL I'm thinking of replacing it with a Rubycon MCZ or MBZ. I noticed the cap starting to bulge when I started putting it on sleep. Can sleep mode really kill the capacitors? I have an HP Pavilion a420n with all OST, Ltec, and UCC KZE capacitors and not one of them are bad, it goes to sleep all the time like the 3000, I am using the 3000 to post this, it's still as stable as a rock like it always was, if you want pictures I will post pics, the capacitor is leaking. Would I be able to just de-solder the Nichicon and continue using the computer without the cap? I use it in my bedroom as an HTPC.
Thanks,
Austin Cox
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