Hi all, this is my first post here and first thought on recapping. Old hat with soldering, so I figure this will be a nice project.
My 7600GT has the infamous Sacon FZ caps that I'm going to replace - it died yesterday and I couldn't figure out what happened until finding this site and remembering the couple of "pops" I heard ... rung a bell.
I''ll replace all 3 types: 470 uF 16V, 1000 uF 16V and 1500 uF 6.3V. From what I've determined on the forums, the FZ ripple/ESR specs are 1,800 and 0.022.
The replacement Rubycon I figure to buy here will be: MCZ for the 1500 and 1000 caps and MBZ for the 470 caps.
I've read many recommendations for the MCZ and MBZ caps as replacements for Sacons and also have read that I should replace with "more ripple and less ESR". The MCZ caps meet that spec, but it appears the 470 MBZ will be exactly opposite with a ripple = 1140 and ESR = 36 (which I assume is actually 0.036)
Will using the 470 MBZ present a problem? And if so, any recommended cap for a replacement?
Thanks in advance.
My 7600GT has the infamous Sacon FZ caps that I'm going to replace - it died yesterday and I couldn't figure out what happened until finding this site and remembering the couple of "pops" I heard ... rung a bell.
I''ll replace all 3 types: 470 uF 16V, 1000 uF 16V and 1500 uF 6.3V. From what I've determined on the forums, the FZ ripple/ESR specs are 1,800 and 0.022.
The replacement Rubycon I figure to buy here will be: MCZ for the 1500 and 1000 caps and MBZ for the 470 caps.
I've read many recommendations for the MCZ and MBZ caps as replacements for Sacons and also have read that I should replace with "more ripple and less ESR". The MCZ caps meet that spec, but it appears the 470 MBZ will be exactly opposite with a ripple = 1140 and ESR = 36 (which I assume is actually 0.036)
Will using the 470 MBZ present a problem? And if so, any recommended cap for a replacement?
Thanks in advance.
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