Hi, first post here!
I have an EMU 1820M soundcard which has been fine last 3-4yrs, but suddenly went wrong by making strange popping noises and won't detect the breakout box so I took it out and cleaned the PCI cards up. I forgot about it for a while and used the onboard sound but then yesterday I put it all back in the computer and it was still faulty. I uninstalled all the drivers and reinstalled the latest ones - still faulty.
I started to do google searches and came accross some youtube clips of similar faulty souncards and one of the comments said it was bad caps.
I then searched bad caps and came accross this website. And here I am!
So I read a few posts and got the courage to open the breakout box and have a look inside. At first glance all seemed well but then I noticed 2 bad caps!
https://www.badcaps.net/forum/attach...id=16957&stc=1
https://www.badcaps.net/forum/attach...id=16958&stc=1
https://www.badcaps.net/forum/attach...id=16959&stc=1
https://www.badcaps.net/forum/attach...id=16960&stc=1
I got the info off them - G-Luxon 680uF 10v LZ 105C, diameter=10mm, height=12.5mm. And then I ordered some Panasonic EEUFM1A681 from RS-Online. Should get here tuesday.
But I was wandering if you guys think I should replace any other parts while I'm at it?
And have I done things correctly? I think I kind of rushed in a bit but think its all correct.
I have an EMU 1820M soundcard which has been fine last 3-4yrs, but suddenly went wrong by making strange popping noises and won't detect the breakout box so I took it out and cleaned the PCI cards up. I forgot about it for a while and used the onboard sound but then yesterday I put it all back in the computer and it was still faulty. I uninstalled all the drivers and reinstalled the latest ones - still faulty.
I started to do google searches and came accross some youtube clips of similar faulty souncards and one of the comments said it was bad caps.
I then searched bad caps and came accross this website. And here I am!
So I read a few posts and got the courage to open the breakout box and have a look inside. At first glance all seemed well but then I noticed 2 bad caps!
https://www.badcaps.net/forum/attach...id=16957&stc=1
https://www.badcaps.net/forum/attach...id=16958&stc=1
https://www.badcaps.net/forum/attach...id=16959&stc=1
https://www.badcaps.net/forum/attach...id=16960&stc=1
I got the info off them - G-Luxon 680uF 10v LZ 105C, diameter=10mm, height=12.5mm. And then I ordered some Panasonic EEUFM1A681 from RS-Online. Should get here tuesday.
But I was wandering if you guys think I should replace any other parts while I'm at it?
And have I done things correctly? I think I kind of rushed in a bit but think its all correct.
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