Re: Question about 85c caps vs. 105c caps
Do you think a 1200RPM case fan would be too much for that, or do you think it could be pointed to the motherboard without disrupting upon the airflow of the PSU fan and the CPU fan in tandem?
It is a bit small though, so I don't even know if there's room for another fan. That is to say, the case isn't small, but the motherboard somewhat is. As an update, I loaded the CPU to 100% last night for an hour in a half in 3D full acceleration. It was rather cold weather, however (for California), being at around 48F, so the CPU was only up to 44-45C at full 100% load, and the motherboard and auxiliary ranged from 35-37C, with the hard drives at 33C and 35C respectively (the ST3250824A and ST3160023A). After doing that, I shut it down and took off the side panel, and felt the motherboard, along with the RAM, capacitors, CPU, etc. The 105C capacitors did feel somewhat warm after that, but they're Polymers and 105C Nichicon HDs so I know they're good. As did the CPU and GPU (even colder, though) - slightly warm air could be felt around that area, though nothing grave. To my relief, the 85C caps felt significantly cooler, even though they were right next to the RAM, which also didn't feel hot. I guess the RAM might not be a problem because it's in a large enough case not to heat up too much.
I was pondering about the computer automatically powering up. Can't that also be the resulting consequence of a dead CMOS battery (as it is unable to retain the last state the computer was in so automatically powers on the system with the default BIOS values - in the BIOS, it is set to automatically power on after it loses power)? It does beep two times as the error comes up. And would it be seen as dangerous for any of the components to use the power switch in the back to power the system on and off by contrast to the case switch in the front? (what would usually be used)
And right, it says VR(M), not VRM. ^^; And if a capacitor doesn't look like it's impeccably aligned to the board, does that mean it's irrevocably bad (I know the main Badcaps page says something to that effect, but I'm just curious)?
Do you think a 1200RPM case fan would be too much for that, or do you think it could be pointed to the motherboard without disrupting upon the airflow of the PSU fan and the CPU fan in tandem?
It is a bit small though, so I don't even know if there's room for another fan. That is to say, the case isn't small, but the motherboard somewhat is. As an update, I loaded the CPU to 100% last night for an hour in a half in 3D full acceleration. It was rather cold weather, however (for California), being at around 48F, so the CPU was only up to 44-45C at full 100% load, and the motherboard and auxiliary ranged from 35-37C, with the hard drives at 33C and 35C respectively (the ST3250824A and ST3160023A). After doing that, I shut it down and took off the side panel, and felt the motherboard, along with the RAM, capacitors, CPU, etc. The 105C capacitors did feel somewhat warm after that, but they're Polymers and 105C Nichicon HDs so I know they're good. As did the CPU and GPU (even colder, though) - slightly warm air could be felt around that area, though nothing grave. To my relief, the 85C caps felt significantly cooler, even though they were right next to the RAM, which also didn't feel hot. I guess the RAM might not be a problem because it's in a large enough case not to heat up too much.
I was pondering about the computer automatically powering up. Can't that also be the resulting consequence of a dead CMOS battery (as it is unable to retain the last state the computer was in so automatically powers on the system with the default BIOS values - in the BIOS, it is set to automatically power on after it loses power)? It does beep two times as the error comes up. And would it be seen as dangerous for any of the components to use the power switch in the back to power the system on and off by contrast to the case switch in the front? (what would usually be used)
And right, it says VR(M), not VRM. ^^; And if a capacitor doesn't look like it's impeccably aligned to the board, does that mean it's irrevocably bad (I know the main Badcaps page says something to that effect, but I'm just curious)?
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